Richard R.

About Richard R.

Leadership Skills:• As part of software development teams, I\'ve helped create epic work items with user stories, customer journey mapping, use case ideation, project roadmaps, requirements gathering, customer discovery, and quality assurance.• I\'ve led teams through all process groups to create WBS, Budget, Workflow, and Master Schedule. Mediated bi-weekly status meetings, Stakeholder Management, and creation of Collaborative IP contracts with universities in the U.S. and abroad. Personal Accomplishments:• Over 14 + years as an entrepreneur, 2 companies launched, 8 product campaigns, dozens of hackathons, hundreds of failures, of lessons learned.• Forbes \"30 Most Promising\"• Accelerate UConn (I-Corps)- 3-time participant• Yale Innovation Summit (2017) Poster Presenter • CT\'s 1st Latino-owned life science companyBioinformatic Tools: NCBI Entrez, PubMed, RefSeq, Ensembl, BLAST, BLAT, UCSC Genome browser, GenBank, FATSA, BLOSUM and PAM matrices, Pacific Biosciences (SMRT), Ion Torrent, Illumina / Solexa, Oxford Nanopore. Technical skills:Cloud Computing, SaaS, IaaS, Paas, MongoDB, Percolate, RESTful API\'s, GraphQL, Kusto, SQL, Java, Kotlin, Swift, JSON, Woo Commerce, WordPress, Visual Studio Code, Windows, Linux, Mac OS, X-code, NetBeans, SSMS, IntelliJ Idea, Microsoft Dynamics, UX/UI, Automation, Mendix, Amazon Web Services(AWS), Azure Storage Explorer, Putty, sFTP, PowerShell, BASH, Postman, GitHub, PgAdmin, Azure Insights, Azure AD, Azure DevOps, App Center, Twilio, Visio, 1Password, MS Teams, Terraform, JIRA, Bugzilla, Confluence, Slack, Window 10 Pro, Mac OS, Android, Linux (Ubuntu, OpenSUSE), XAMPP, Storage SQL Server 2019, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Scrum, Agile Project Management, PRINCE2, HIPAA, ISO13485, Six Sigma.Customer Success Skills: I.T. Sales, ITIL, Help Desk, System Administration, Project Management, Data Analytics, Hardware, Software Development Life Cycle, Business and Requirements Analysis, Product Management, DevOps, Confluence, ERP, SAP, CRM, ETL, Integration, and Automation.

Experience

1. VP Cloud Engineering

   Numisma Bank

   Nov 2025 — Present

   Design, implement, and manage scalable and secure cloud infrastructure on Azure cloudplatform• Develop and maintain cloud architecture and deployment strategies that align with businessgoals and compliance requirements.• Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, cost, and reliability.• Design and implement cloud services integrations• Develop and execute a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy to protect the bank’s data,applications, and infrastructure.• Conduct regular security assessments, vulnerability scans, and penetration tests to identifyand address security risks• Implement and manage security controls, policies, and procedures to mitigate risks and ensurecompliance with regulatory requirements• Engage in hands-on technical work, including cloud infrastructure setup, automationscripting, and security configuration.• Provide technical guidance and support to development and operations teams on cloud andsecurity best practices.• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to security standards in software development.• Lead the End User device management and support• Managing application and VPN certificates• Providing technical support for cloud-related issues

Education

• Southern Connecticut State University

  BS, Political Science

• University of Connecticut

  Chemistry

• Autonomous University of Santo Domingo

  Bachelor's degree, Microbiology and Immunology

• University of Connecticut School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Operations Management and Marketing

• CT State Norwalk

  Associate of Science - AS, Computer Science