
Rick Moore h1>
Partner
Rick Moore is the Managing Member of The RGM Group, LLC. The RGM Group provides Strategy, Leadership, and Management consulting, focusing primarily on the defense sector.
Prior to starting The RGM Group, Rick served as a Lieutenant General in the US Air Force. His 32 year military career culminated with his assignment as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. As the Air Force’s senior Planner/Programmer, he directed and coordinated activities ensuring the Air Force plans for, builds, and employs effective air and cyber forces to achieve national defense objectives. To accomplish these tasks, he lead the development, integration, evaluation, and analysis of the Air Force’s program objective memorandum and resource allocation plan.
Lt. Gen. Moore graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, and subsequently earned a Master of Engineering Management from Washington State University in 1997. He also holds two Master of Art Degrees from Air University: one in Military Operational Art and Science and the other in Strategy. He is a command pilot with more than 4,000 hours in the KC-135R/T Stratotanker, C-12F Huron, C- 5A/B/M Galaxy/Super Galaxy, C-17A Globemaster III, and C-130J Super Hercules.
In addition to multiple staff jobs at Headquarters, US Air Force, The Joint Staff, and Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Lt. Gen. Moore has commanded two squadrons, a group, and two wings. The largest of these commands was the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The 86th is comprised of 8,400 personnel in 6 countries operating 4 airfields and 17 assigned aircraft. The wing’s budget exceeded $1B annually and included a P&L of 28.9M.