Rich Carter

Rich Carter (CEO & co-founder, Valliscor) earned his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Gettysburg College in 1993 and his Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin. Rich has authored of over 100 publications and multiple patents including technology licensed by Valliscor on proline sulfonamides and their use in asymmetric carbon-carbon bond forming transformations. Rich’s expertise are in multi-step organic synthesis and reaction development. Rich is a graduate of the Oregon State University (OSU) Advantage Accelerator program and 2014 OSU Advantage Accelerator Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2015, Rich and co-founder Mike Standen were recognized as the 2015 Entrepreneurs of the Year by the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce. In addition to his CEO role for Valliscor, Rich also is Professor and Chair of Chemistry at Oregon State University.

Participating years: 2016, 2018, 2019