Richard P. Earley
Mr. Earley is recognized as a distinguished CEO, entrepreneur and investor with a proven track record of launching and building technology companies and leading them to success. He concurrently serves as the CEO, Chairman & Founder of the Sciath Group, a private global investment firm that forms, funds & operates a portfolio of Smart Industry companies in the defense, security, cyber, fintech, and media industries www.sciath.com and www.sciathaus.com and as Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Dunrath Capital (www.dunrath.com). Mr. Earley is also currently a Board Member of Vitalize Venture Group (www.vitalize.vc & www.irishangels.com), early-stage B2B and B2C technology venture capital funds, a Senior Advisor to Paladin Capital (www.paladincapgroup.com) and a Senior Board Advisor to Zuckerberg Media (www.zuckerbergmedia.com).
Over the past nineteen years at Dunrath and Sciath, Mr. Earley has become a recognized leader at identifying single purpose oriented technologies and transforming them into multi-product and market, dual-use global companies that count the some of the largest commercial enterprises, defense contractors and governments as their customers. As the lead operating partner for select Dunrath/Sciath portfolio companies, Mr. Earley has developed and successfully exited technology businesses to Fortune 1000 companies, including exits to IBM, Intel, HID Global, Kratos & Best Buy.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Earley co-founded and served as CEO and Chairman of Arxan Technologies Inc. (acquired by TA Associates), the global trusted leader of application protection solutions; Arxan Defense Systems Inc. (acquired by Microsemi, Nasdaq: MSCC), a software & hardware anti-tamper solutions company focused on USG foreign military sale enablement; and served as President of Synergy Software Inc., a software product & IT systems integrator and is currently publicly traded as DXC Technology (DXC).
Mr. Earley earned an MBA from Benedictine University, and a BA from the University of Notre Dame and completed Harvard University's Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security. Mr. Earley also teaches undergraduate and graduate courses titled Venture Capital Fundamentals, Market Analysis and Go to Market Fundamentals at the Mendoza School of Business at the University of Notre Dame.
rearley@dunrath.com
