Biography
Richard has held positions as programmer, systems analyst, project manager, instructor and department manager at various Bay Area and international organizations in Europe and the United States. Richard has been an instructor at several colleges such as University of California, Heald College and the City College of San Francisco.
Richard is the author of Focus Made Easy a Fourth Generation and Prototyping language published by Prentice Hall. Richard has co-authored other books. Richard has worked extensively in the IT field for companies such as IBM, Computer Sciences, American Presidents Line, Wells Fargo and FTA Computer Consultants Inc., a provider of IT services and technologies to middle market and international companies.
Other than activities related to Information Technology and teaching, Richard is very keenly involved in history, painting and photography. He specializes in the history of the Middle Ages. Richard is currently writing a book about that period. His art works have been exhibited in California and New York.