Ricarda McFalls is an International Management and Business Development specialist with more than 20 years of global IT industry experience, with the past 12 years of this experience in Sub-Saharan Africa.

From 1985-2002, Ms. McFalls served in various international management positions with Compaq Computer Corporation developing sales, marketing, distribution and subsidiary operations in new and emerging markets, primarily in Europe, Eastern Europe, and Africa. Serving as General Manager, East and West Africa, she established Compaq’s operations in Nairobi, Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria. During this period Ms. McFalls acquired direct experience in establishing, owning and operating independent companies that employed up to 40 professionals in Kenya and Nigeria; and grew Compaq’s regional business from $500,000 to more than $50 Million.

In 2003, Ms. McFalls formed a joint venture with Mustek Limited, South Africa’s largest PC company, and established assembly operations for Mecer computers in East Africa, where she served as Managing Director.

Ms. McFalls holds an MBA in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) and Bachelor’s degrees in Business Economics and German from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Sustainable Development and Planning from Stellenbosch University, South Africa.