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Boston, Massachusetts, US

MILL5 is a boutique consulting company founded by world class technology professionals. Our mission is to inspire and deliver innovation through our products and services.

Chandler, Arizona, US

Continued in my role after acquisition from Insight where I guided technology strategy and ensured the delivery of top-tier solutions for clients.

Leading product development, strategy, and technical direction for a startup incubator, with a focus on scalable solutions using AWS, iOS, and Android via Xamarin. Developed a solution to compete directly with Instagram. Key technologies include OAuth, Thinktecture Identity Server, ZeroMQ, Redis, ASP.NET MVC, WebAPI, WebSockets, and various AWS services.

Watertown, MA, US

BlueMetal Architects, a leading technology consulting firm with offices in Boston, New York, and Chicago, relies on me to guide technology strategy and ensure the delivery of top-tier solutions for clients.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

As the first hire on the Enterprise Architecture team at Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo (GMO), a $112+ billion AUM investment firm in Boston, I ensured that all systems aligned with business needs across areas like research, portfolio management, compliance, and trading. I maintained quality across a 120+ person development team through standards, guidance.

TWR is an idea hub formed to bring technology solutions to the masses.

A family-run software company publishing apps for iOS, Windows Phone, and Android.

Watertown, MA, US

At BlueMetal Architects, the leading Microsoft partner in New England, Rich worked in the Application Modernization practice, focusing on technologies like Azure,.NET, HTML5, SQL Server, and iOS (iPad/iPhone).

Startup incubator focused on validating product ideas quickly and bringing them to market.

Served as a technical architect, driving customer engagements to boost sales and adoption of the Microsoft platform. Focused on identifying revenue opportunities for Azure cloud services and server-based products, including Windows Server, SQL Server, and SharePoint. Led strategy briefings, architecture design sessions, and proof-of-concept engagements to.

Co-authored the highly acclaimed technical book *Essential Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)*, with a focus on the most complex aspects of WCF, including Channels, Serialization, and Web integration.

Worked at a gaming startup focused on using terrain and geographical data to create realistic 3D environments. Developed a custom engine on top of the Renderware 3D gaming engine from Criterion, enabling the display of highly realistic cityscapes, including Boston, New York, and Chicago. The engine was used by companies such as Disney, Sony, and Microsoft.

Led development and architecture of the dashBar, an Internet Explorer plugin that offered users savings through an affiliate network. Oversaw technical design and review of all components, including form-fill, savings/transactions, messaging systems, tracking, stock ticker, and weather features.Designed a scalable server architecture utilizing XML over.

Provided consulting services to Xerox Connect and their customers, leading the development of enterprise financial accounting software for a distributed workforce. Developed a custom OLAP/OLTP solution based on job costing models using technologies like Visual Basic, Microsoft Transaction Server, DCOM/COM, Dynamic HTML, Sybase, Oracle, and SQL Server.

Led the development of a real-time vehicle tracking system utilizing Borland Delphi and SQL Server. Key responsibilities included driving the creation of project specifications, managing the end-to-end implementation, and actively contributing to critical development tasks.

Designed and developed case management software for the legal profession using Borland Delphi. Primary responsibilities involved implementing a robust data access layer supporting various back-end databases, including SQL Server, Oracle, and Sybase. Additionally, ensured cross-browser compatibility for Internet Explorer and Netscape. The software was.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Taught undergraduate courses in Microwave Systems, Circuits and Systems, and Electronics.

Mclean, VA, US

Developed and tested software for the National Airspace System, focusing on functional testing of key features such as Conflict Resolution Advisory. Conducted capacity planning, including analysis of simultaneous track handling for air traffic control systems. Created a simulation of job scheduling to meet contractor requirements. The findings were used to.

Msee, Electrical Engineering

Bsee, Electrical And Computer Engineering

Continuing Education, Java Programming

Continuing Education, Computer Science