Nick Serfass took the top job at the Richmond tech association rvatech in 2019. He sat down with Richmond Inno recently and talked about his background, the role the organization plays in building up the startup ecosystem and his feelings about the current state of the local tech sector.
Below is the conversation edited for clarity.
Can you start by telling me a little about your background and how you came to be CEO of rvatech? My background is in architecture, so building architecture and design. And I kind of transitioned into the nonprofit association world back in 2008. I started out working for a couple of startups, working for another architecture association, moved into a second one in 2014 and then in 2019 had the opportunity to interview and take the helm at rvatach. There are a lot of similarities between architecture and tech, and a lot of the programing and the budget and the style of the organization was very similar from where I came from, so it was a good fit.
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