Tom Richards

Tom Richards has a diverse work experience spanning different industries. Tom is currently the Head of Engineering at Seccl since March 2023. Prior to that, they worked at Ada Fintech as the Chief Technology Officer from an unspecified date in 2020 until March 2023. In this role, they managed a 60-person department responsible for SaaS Application Development. Tom also held the position of Head of Development at Ada Fintech from an unspecified date in 2020 until 2022.

Before joining Ada Fintech, Tom worked as the Director of Technology at Redington from January 2020 to March 2023. In this role, they led a 60-person department and was responsible for all of Redington's development, particularly focused on a SaaS application called ADA. Additionally, Tom served as the Bristol Team Lead at Redington from October 2018 to an unspecified date in 2020.

Prior to Redington, Tom was a Senior Developer at The Acorn Collective from March 2018 to September 2018. In this role, they reported directly to the CTO and was responsible for designing, developing, and supporting short-term projects.

Before that, Tom held the position of Development Lead at Oxford Computer Group UK from an unspecified date in 2017 to 2018.

Tom also has experience working at Altus Ltd as a Lead Developer from 2013 to 2017, where they delivered and maintained multi-products throughout the entire SDLC. Tom also worked as a Technical Lead at Altus Ltd from 2011 to 2013. Tom started their career at Altus Ltd as a Placement Student in 2010.

Prior to their employment at Altus Ltd, Tom worked as an IT Support Technician at UKOLN - University of Bath from an unspecified date in 2009 to 2010.

Tom's early work experience includes roles as a Supervising Data Technician at Whittingham Riddell LLP from an unspecified date in 2007 to 2009, a Sales Assistant at Woolworths from 2006 to 2007, and a waiter at the Riverside Inn from 2005 to 2006.

Tom Richards completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with Mathematics from the University of Bath, from 2008 to 2012. Tom also obtained A Levels in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Further Mathematics from William Brookes 6th Form, from 2005 to 2007. Prior to that, they completed their GCSEs, including Mathematics and English, at Willian Brookes School from 2000 to 2005.

In terms of additional certifications, Tom obtained a Certified Scrum Master certification from Scrum Alliance in November 2018. Tom also completed various training courses, such as SQL Immersion: Performance Tuning at SQL Skills in 2017, Team Leadership at Reed Learning in 2015, OWASP Threats and Mitigations, Application Security Thread Modelling, and Security Code Reviews at Security Innovation in 2017, Microsoft Power BI Service at Burning Suit in 2018, and Scrum Master Training in Computer Software Engineering at Agilify in 2018.