Richard Wheeler

About Richard Wheeler

I look at how things look.

Experience

1. Chief Operating Officer and President

   The So Company

   Oct 2019 — Present

   The So Company helps government, nonprofits, and industry deliver services through improving user experience. Our team of designers, researchers, writers, editors, developers, and help and call center experts use both off-the-shelf and custom-fabricated technologies to help our customers develop tailored solutions that go far beyond typical consumer websites and applications.The So Company supports projects at the Department of Veterans Affairs, including the development of Vets.gov (now the logged in state of va.gov) and human-centered design research with Veterans across the United States, at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), including Healthcare.gov, and with components of the Department of the Navy and the Department of the Air Force.The So Company is a 8(a) SDVOSB.

Education

• Hunter College

  BA, History, Fine Art

  1994 — 1998

• Fashion Institute of Technology

  AAS, Apparel Design

  1998 — 2001

• Georgetown University

  MA, Security Studies

  2006 — 2007

• UCLA

  MFA, Design Media Arts

  2011 — 2013

Skills

• Analysis
• Intelligence
• Editing
• Arcgis
• Esri
• Security Clearance
• International Relations
• Policy Analysis
• Geomatics
• Strategy
• Security
• Metadata
• Command
• Dod
• National Security
• Government
• Research
• Homeland Security
• Imagery Analysis
• Analytics
• Gis
• Foreign Policy
• Proposal Writing
• Geospatial Intelligence
• Intelligence Analysis
• Social Network Analysis