Arthur Richards
Human Resources Business Partner at ActBlue
Bend, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolArthur Richards is a people-centered HR leader and former software engineer with 14 years of experience building scalable people systems and remote-first cultures. Currently a Human Resources Business Partner at ActBlue and founder of Insight Cascades, he blends executive coaching and organizational development to help tech, biotech, nonprofit, and government clients align talent strategy with fast-changing priorities. At the Wikimedia Foundation he led global people experience, learning and development, and co-led HR through prolonged C‑level vacancy while redesigning performance systems for 800 staff. His background as a hands-on software developer and co-founder of product ventures gives him unique credibility partnering with engineering and product teams on org design and change management. Based in Bend, Oregon, he’s known for translating data-driven interventions into lasting engagement and retention improvements across distributed teams.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaBachelor of Arts History, Bachelor of Arts History at Oberlin CollegeMaster of Science (M.S.) Organizational Development, Master of Science (M.S.) Organizational Development at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School
Spanish
Github Skills (32)
mediawiki10
wikipedia10
wikimedia10
gerrit10
collaborative-editing10
php10
editing10
puppet9
bugzilla8
foundation8
mirror6
android6
trello6
broadcom5
webcam4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
wikimedia/bingle
Apr 2013 - Apr 2014
A tool to get bugs from Bugzilla and import them into Mingle and/or Trello.
Contributions:82 commits in 1 year
trellobugzilla
awjrichards-zz/WLM-ISO-3166-2
Aug 2012 - Sep 2012
Contributions:11 commits in 22 days
apitranslationsisotranslationiso-3166
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