We are pleased to welcome Richard Batenburg, Jr. to the Colorado Leads Board of Directors!

Richard is Chairman of the Board and CEO of Clear Cannabis Inc. Additionally, he holds managing positions in BATMANN Consulting, Inc., an operational and strategic consulting company to cannabis- and non-cannabis-related businesses, where he has served as both CEO and President since its founding in March 1997; Redwood Investment Partners LLC, d/b/a Bonsai Cultivation, a cannabis cultivation company, where he has served as the chairman since January 2017; and BB Talent, LLC, a talent management, and production company, where he has been the managing member since its founding in February 2015.

Richard has over 40 years of experience as an entrepreneur and business owner/operator and excels at “end-to-end” processes to help frontline employees deliver products and services to customers. He is author of the book “Change Is Great… Be First!” published by Advantage Media Group in 2016, and he is the founder of many startups in Software, Consumer Goods, and Consulting and Finance in dozens of industries, focusing the past seven years in Cannabis and Hemp.

In April 2015, Cliintel Capital Management Group was formed, and since its inception Richard has served as the Fund Manager of cannabis investments. He made his first investment in the cannabis space in 2015 as a lender and advisor to a vertically integrated cannabis firm that operated three indoor medical cannabis cultivation facilities and a medical dispensary. Since then, he has managed an investment fund to invest in two large indoor cultivation and dispensary projects in Colorado, successfully exiting one cultivation and dispensary after one year, while the other indoor cultivation remains in the fund’s portfolio and is operational and has also raised $4.5 million in a third fund that owns a large stake in Clear Cannabis Inc.

Prior to his entry into cannabis, Richard worked as an executive consultant to AT&T Broadband, Comcast, and Sun Microsystems before forming a consultancy that worked with other fortune 500 companies on process improvement and strategic change. Additionally, he has held executive level positions at First Entertainment (FTET) as a publicly listed CEO, and founded, owned, and operated businesses in diverse industries such as VideOne Marketing, where he not only produced infomercials, but also developed and distributed products direct to consumer via television.

Richard lives in Denver with his wife and three children. He is an avid ice hockey player, a Colorado Avalanche season ticket holder, and a die-hard Detroit Red Wings fan.