Richard Somerfield

Richard Somerfield's work experience begins in 1999 at Thales, where they worked as a Graduate Software Engineer until 2000. Richard then joined Tertio ltd as a Consultant and achieved significant results in upgrading and designing a mediation product for a leading mobile telecommunications company.

In 2002, Richard joined SurfControl plc as a Senior Software Engineer, where they played a key role in designing and developing a user interface for a networking security product. Richard also had responsibilities as Deputy Team Leader and was the primary technical contact for the team and department.

From 2007 to 2008, Richard worked at Websense as a Senior Software Engineer. In this role, they contributed their expertise to the company without specific details provided.

Richard joined AppSense in 2008 and served in various roles. As a Senior Software Engineer, they played an important part in developing the first version of AppSense's User Virtualization product. From 2009 to 2010, they simultaneously served as the Head of Research, leading a team in devising and developing the next generation of User Virtualization technologies and working on patent applications.

From 2010 to 2012, Richard held the position of Director NextGen Engineering at AppSense, overseeing the development of technologies such as MDM, MAM, Cloud, file-sync, and data-analytics. Richard also contributed to team leading, architecture, and engineering.

In 2012, Richard took on the role of Principal Software Engineer at AppSense, responsible for delivering several technologies from ideation to v1. Richard began leading the HEAT Cloud team after AppSense merged with HEAT in 2017, focusing on switching cloud technologies from AWS to Azure and adopting C# instead of Typescript.

In 2016, Richard joined LANDESK Software as a Principal Software Engineer, where they played a key role in driving the company's cloud strategy and developing a cloud-native IT Security offering.

Finally, in 2020, Richard became the Chief Technology Officer at Summize. No further information about their responsibilities in this role is provided.

Richard Somerfield obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from The University of Manchester between 1996 and 1999. Prior to that, they attended Alsager Comprehensive School, although the dates are not specified.