Richard is regarded, nationwide, as a visionary leader and entrepreneur.

His passion for creatively using data to capture business opportunities has been the thread throughout his information technology career of more than 30 years. He has created seven separate technology-based consulting firms to help Fortune 1000 domestic and global companies in the banking, facility management, transportation, healthcare, advertising and retail industries.

Seeing an opportunity to apply innovative technology and processes to help companies understand consumer behavior online, Richard founded IMPAQT in 1999.  Along with a rapidly growing staff and a double digit annual growth rate, he continues to offer the vision and ideas which are moving IMPAQT toward its goal of becoming the most innovative and customer service oriented SEO/SEM firm in the country.

Richard has a B.A. in Education from the University of Pittsburgh. He is known as an expert in the search field, so he is frequently called upon to speak and write on behalf of the industry. IMPAQT’s growth has earned it a spot in Inc.’s 5000 list and it has been named the 11th fastest-growing company in the metropolitan Pittsburgh region. In 2007, Richard was named a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

 

Read More from Richard Hagerty:

Pittsburgh 2008 Pacesetters - Smart Business

How to Put Your People First - Smart Business

IMPAQT Wins American Marketing Association’s Pittsburgh Marketer of the Year – AMA Pittsburgh

IMPAQT Ranked as Top Performer and Leading Pay Per Click Management Firm – Topseos.com

Workplace Workout: Businesses Bring Exercise into the Office – Pittsburgh Business Times

Does Your Company Carry Business Interruption insurance? – Pittsburgh Business Times

The Early Days of Video Search – AdvertisingAge

Tech Companies Having Trouble Filling Non-technical Positions - Pittsburgh Business Times