Richard is a Cloud Native and Open Source Software advocate, he has been working in various roles related to Cloud Computing, over the past 10 years.
A highly structured, respected and accomplished IT professional who's accumulated a vast set of experiences, ranging in pre-sales, engineering, architecture, consultancy/advisory and project management.
Richard has worked for a number of prestigious IT vendors - both established and new start-ups - such as IBM, Lenovo, SUSE, Mirantis, Heptio/VMware and WWT.
He recently started his own cloud consultancy start-up with an ex-colleague, as MultiCloud Global, focusing on offering Cloud Native services to enterprises.
Recently, he has expanded into the world of vlogging and writing - setting up his own vlog (The Cloud Therapists), with outlets on Medium and YouTube.
Richard is also an experienced conference speaker and evangelist of all things Cloud Native and has presented at the CNCF London Meetup event and Cloud Expo Europe Virtual Summits.