Richard Stamm

General Counsel, Secretary and VP of Operations, Activ Surgical Inc.

Richard Stamm is general counsel, secretary and vice president of operations for Activ Surgical, a small venture capital-backed medical technology startup, where he serves as the one-person legal team and manages the company’s supply chain, manufacturing and operations. This follows a long career as vice president, general counsel and secretary of Ocean Spray Cranberries, the iconic branded food and beverage company, and an agricultural cooperative.

After graduating from the University of Connecticut School of Law, Stamm started his career as a corporate and securities associate in the Boston office of Dechert LLP. After four years at Dechert LLP, he moved in-house to Ocean Spray. During his time at Ocean Spray, Stamm honed his business law experience and guided the company in all phases of its business, including commercial transactions, M&A, employee relations, IP, business and shareholder litigation, environmental, international marketing, sales and distribution, and FDA and other regulatory compliance. As general counsel for over 12 years, Stamm became an expert in the structure and unique legal considerations for agricultural cooperatives and worked extensively with the cooperative’s Board of Directors on education, training, performance assessments and continuing improvement programs. He also built and led an international government relations program. In his final years at Ocean Spray, Stamm served concurrently as vice president of cooperative development, leading the Agricultural Operations Team.

In between Ocean Spray and Activ Surgical, Stamm worked as general counsel at Agrify Corporation, where he guided the company through its IPO.

Stamm has an undergraduate degree in Business Economics from Brown University.