Richard is a developer-architect at Unity Corporation in Eagle, Idaho. He takes a holistic approach toward software development by exploring pan-technological and non-technological solutions to customer issues. At Unity Corporation, Richard develops primarily .NET web applications, with occasional forays into desktop development. He also dabbles in Ruby/Rails/Sinatra. He has a passion for building API-centric services, but understands the keys to a good user experience. He occasionally blogs at elegant code.com; plus speaks at user groups and code camps in the northwestern United States. Some of Richard's alternate personalities are musician, chef, woodworker, dog whisperer, husband, father, mentor, teacher, and all-around nice guy.