Summary
Rich Brooks is a Principal Director of Integrations with 11+ years of hands-on experience designing scalable integrations and modernizing software architecture for fintech and high-traffic consumer platforms. He builds and leads cross-functional engineering teams to deliver repeatable, production-grade integration roadmaps, having centralized authentication and normalized data from 30+ external sources to support tens of thousands of advisors. A pragmatic CTO and former lead developer, he pairs deep full-stack engineering (front-end modernization, APIs, DevOps) with measurable operational wins like dramatic latency and reliability improvements. He has a long track record of shipping award-winning apps and platforms, driving migrations to modern frameworks, and mentoring engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and regular learning rituals. Based in Henderson, NV, he brings rare continuity across startup and enterprise contexts—translating complex product needs into maintainable technical specifications and repeatable delivery.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Assoc. Computer Information Systems, Assoc. Computer Information Systems at Henry Ford College
BS Business Administration, BS Business Administration at Colorado Technical University
English