Richard has been coding since high school, self-taught, creating DOS programs through trial and error. This interest lead to the opportunity to take his high school’s first programming course offerings. Set onto a path that cumulated in completing a Computer Science BS degree at East Stroudsburg University and his master’s from Purdue University (@IUPUI campus).
Still an undergrad, Richard joined Interactive Intelligence as an intern creating business communications solutions eventually specializing in telephony and media processing. He enjoyed a 20 year journey with Interactive and Genesys covering a full spectrum of engineering roles. Richard’s last role before joining LifeOmic was as an Architect and Senior Development Director leading a group in developing a highly scalable cloud architecture for business communications.