> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Richard Ford - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/richard-ford/ - Published: 1999-01-02T23:17:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-01-03T22:34:39.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #individual **Richard Ford** is a business executive based in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area of Florida. He is the founder of Stemwav[\[1\]](#fn1) and former Chief Executive Officer of [International Health Brands](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/International-Health-Brands) and its subsidiaries [Rebel Lion](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Rebel-Lion) and [Zelenko Labs](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Zelenko-Labs).[\[2\]](#fn2) ## History Ford attended St. Paul's School in Sao Paulo, Brazil from August 1974 to May 1988\. He completed a Bachelor of Science, Economics & Finance at Bentley University from 1988-1991\. From 1994-1995, Ford studied for a Masters Degree in Business Administration, Management and Operations at Henley Business School.[\[3\]](#fn3) ### Career Ford worked for DeRoyal from December 2014 to December 2020.[\[2:1\]](#fn2) #### COVID-19 On May 18, 2020, Ford completed a course called "COVID-19 Contact Tracing" through the [Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Johns-Hopkins-Bloomberg-School-of-Public-Health).[\[4\]](#fn4) He served as a voting system technician for the Broward County Government during the 2020 United States presidential election in November 2020.[\[5\]](#fn5) According to Ford's [LinkedIn profile](http://archive.today/2023.11.26-192226/https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbrazil/details/certifications/), he received a dose of the [Janssen COVID-19 vaccine](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Janssen-COVID-19-vaccine) in March 2021 and a "booster" dose of the [Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Pfizer-BioNTech-COVID-19-vaccine) in October 2021\. He received multiple microcredentials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in November 2021.[\[6\]](#fn6) In December 2021, Ford joined [Zelenko Labs](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Zelenko-Labs) as CEO, followed by [International Health Brands](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/International-Health-Brands) in February 2022\. He incorporated a branch of IHB in Florida on March 1, 2023.[\[7\]](#fn7) He also became manager of [Rebel Lion](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Rebel-Lion) in April 2023\. He left these positions in July 2023.[\[2:2\]](#fn2) Starting in August 2023, Ford has served as volunteer member of the speaker's bureau for [Operation Underground Railroad](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Operation-Underground-Railroad).[\[5:1\]](#fn5) In October 2023, Ford participated in a disaster response exercise called Operation Convergent 2023, simulating the "very real possibility of runway mishaps, or a 'runway incursion'" at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.[\[5:2\]](#fn5)[\[8\]](#fn8) ## External links - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/richbrazil/) - [The Org](https://theorg.com/org/the-wellness-company/org-chart/richard-ford) --- 1. *The Team.* Stemwav. Retrieved November 26, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. *Experience | Richard Ford.* LinkedIn. Retrieved November 26, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1) [↩︎](#fnref2:2) 3. *Education | Richard Ford.* LinkedIn. Retrieved November 26, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref3) 4. *Completion Certificate for COVID-19 Contact Tracing.* (2020, May 18). Coursera. [↩︎](#fnref4) 5. *Volunteering | Richard Ford.* LinkedIn. Retrieved November 26, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref5) [↩︎](#fnref5:1) [↩︎](#fnref5:2) 6. *Licenses & certifications | Richard Ford.* LinkedIn. Retrieved November 26, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref6) 7. *International Health Brands, LLC.* Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Retrieved August 26, 2023, from [https://web.archive.org/web/20230827033111/https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=Initial&searchNameOrder=INTERNATIONALHEALTHBRANDS M230000030850&aggregateId=forl-m23000003085-55c46755-42e6-4141-9a7f-da2abcbed036&searchTerm=INTERNATIONAL HEALTH BRANDS%2C LLC&listNameOrder=INTERNATIONALHEALTHBRANDS M230000030850](https://web.archive.org/web/20230827033111/https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=Initial&searchNameOrder=INTERNATIONALHEALTHBRANDS%20M230000030850&aggregateId=forl-m23000003085-55c46755-42e6-4141-9a7f-da2abcbed036&searchTerm=INTERNATIONAL%20HEALTH%20BRANDS%2C%20LLC&listNameOrder=INTERNATIONALHEALTHBRANDS%20M230000030850) [↩︎](#fnref7) 8. Nefzi, S. (2023, October 12). *First responders put to the test in FLL aircraft emergency drill.* WPLG. [↩︎](#fnref8)