About The Geiger Counter
Welcome to my blog!
Until I get around to updating this page, the Blackbaud Blogs editor has pasted in my bio:
As a seasoned professional in the nonprofit sector, Richard Geiger has experience with constituent relationship management technology, strategy, and implementation for a wide range of complex nonprofit organizations. Areas of expertise include fundraising strategy and analytics, fundraising process, and new program development.
At Blackbaud, Mr. Geiger works exclusively with clients in technological and business process improvement, focusing on areas such as the constituent lifecycle, data mining, direct marketing segmentation strategy and design, and proper analysis strategies. Mr. Geiger focuses on leveraging Blackbaud technology to help clients create a rich, agile dataset that helps clients optimize constituent experience and value through all communication channels to the entire organization.
At the Zoological Society of San Diego, Mr. Geiger defined CRM best practices for supporting both the direct marketing and the zoo membership programs while configuring the data to cultivate both the high-end annual fund, major gift, and planned giving programs. Mr. Geiger has also worked with several of Blackbaud’s large private and public higher education institutions, such as Clemson, Furman, Oberlin, and West Virginia University Foundation, to integrate and optimize the use of direct marketing tools and practices as part of the constituent enterprise view.
Prior to Blackbaud, Mr. Geiger worked as the market and systems analyst for CARE with responsibility for fundraising system implementation, analytics, and data management. While there, Mr. Geiger developed technology-based solutions to support the integration of direct mail, major gift, and planned giving programs. Mr. Geiger earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from the University of Pittsburgh. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Pittsburgh.