Chief Executive Officer | Chief Revenue Officer | VP of Revenue & Operations
Scaling complex organizations from early traction to $100M+ across fintech, healthcare, SaaS, manufacturing and more.
Meet Rick Ables.
Rick Ables is a senior revenue and operations executive with 30+ years of experience scaling complex organizations across fintech, healthcare, SaaS, and manufacturing. Known for walking into under-structured environments, building the systems and leadership alignment that drive sustainable growth, and developing the leaders who sustain it. Rick's approach is simple: understand the reality on the ground first, then build around what's actually working.
Rick has personally grown and scaled revenue at Fortune 500 companies, and dozens of startups including:
ADP (NASDAQ: ADP): Vice President of Strategic Alliances. Helped launch three products generating $250M+ in combined revenue. Personally closed $41M. Achieved 300% and 225% of quota in consecutive years.
Dowdle: Chief Executive Officer. Broke a five-year revenue plateau, scaling from $7M to $21M in under one year through pricing strategy, supply chain optimization, and operational restructuring.
VieMed (NASDAQ: VMD): Chief Revenue Officer. Drove 24% year-over-year revenue growth from $80.3M to $131.3M. Expanded operations from 6 to 48 states. Built 100+ person specialized sales team.
Leadership Philosophy
Revenue doesn't grow because people work harder. It grows because the right systems, the right people, and the right strategy are aligned and moving in the same direction. That's the work — and it's what Rick has done across three decades and dozens of organizations.
Track Record
Rick partners with founders, CEOs, and boards to diagnose growth constraints, build the operational foundation that removes bottlenecks, and scale revenue through pricing strategy, partnerships, and disciplined execution.
The result: organizations that grow predictably — without depending on any single person to hold it together.
Currently exploring
Rick is selectively exploring senior executive opportunities where he can help a leadership team scale revenue, build organizational alignment, and create lasting operational leverage. Font