Rick (Richard) Paradis

Leading Companies to Sales and Innovation Excellence

El Dorado Hills, California, United States

About

North American and Global sales, business development, product management, operations, and technical team leadership spanning the electronics, solutions, fire, security, life safety, building products, retail, CPG, IoT, and OEM spaces in the residential, commercial, industrial verticals. Highly skilled developing dealers, resellers, strategic partnerships, representative agencies, integrators, electrical distributors, specialty distributors, MRO's, retailers, end users, owners, builders, and architects and engineers. Experienced and successfully leading Operations, P&L, Global Product Development, Global Strategy, Supply and Demand Planning, quality control, marketing, and process improvement. Highly skilled strategist and tactician, high energy and high endurance leader who values our people; exceptionally skilled at developing and driving organizations to peak performance while focusing on quality, effectiveness, efficiency, and excellence. I am committed to driving a strong and meaningful corporate culture, motivating, cultivating, and inspiring teams, and providing exceptional customer and partner experiences.

Experience

  • Territory Manager - Fire Products at Siemens
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Athlete - Trail Running Squad Ambassador at Salomon
    Feb 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 5 mos

    Running on dirt and in the mountains. Supporting Salomon sponsored events and running with awesome people on the trail and road.

  • VP North American Business Development at BD Guidance S.A.S
    Nov 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Identify and deliver Best-in-Class Latin American based software development services to North American Clientele. Develop North American channels of distribution through partnerships, supporting said Latin American software companies’ products and services. Business expansion experts. Advancing global distribution, business development and technology enrichment. Supporting our Multinational High Tech Products & Services Clientele, to successfully expand their Global Market penetration.

  • Director of Commercial Sales - North America (Intrusion Security Products) & Global Products Team at Johnson Controls
    Jan 2022 - Sep 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

    At Johnson Controls, our vision is a world that’s “safe, comfortable, and sustainable”—and our broad set of innovative security products and services focuses on what you need to make people, facilities, and assets safe. We offer everything from access controls to intruder prevention, from video surveillance to cybersecurity. Operating in more than 150 countries with a global set of partners, we leverage the latest technologies to integrate our products and services into comprehensive, holistic solutions. We maximize safety, improve efficiency, and ensure business continuity, while at the same time innovating continuously to offer leading-edge solutions.

  • Head of Sales - North America at FFE Ltd
    Jun 2021 - Oct 2021 · 5 mos

    FFE is a global innovator in the design and the manufacture of world class fire detection solutions. Trusted by installers, distributors and organisations for over 40 years, our Talentum®, Fireray®, Aviation Fire Extinguishers and Vibration Switches help to protect high value buildings and assets. Our commitment to fire detection and prevention led to the development of the world’s leading smoke detection beam, Fireray® the favoured choice of many of the world’s leading smoke detection distributors and installers.