Richard is an experienced media professional with a demonstrated history of leading great technology projects in the Media & Entertainment Industry. His work in the film, broadcast, and music industries has positioned him as a respected leader in these fields. He is still very active in recording music and mixing and producing various films and television projects. He led the innovation in the asset management and archiving systems of the massive digital library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He joined Avid Technology in 2017 as the Chief Cloud Architect where he helped many major studios and media companies transition their media pipelines and assets to the clouds. His skills in architecting, designing, and implementing media production technologies, workflows, and initiatives, especially in implementing cloud based solutions to meet the demands of the growing media needs of the enterprise are in use daily in many of the world’s largest media companies. His recent work with Lunex is expanding the use of AI in developing and implementing smarter media pipelines. He is also the founder of Heirloomify.ai, helping families manage their digital estates.