Summary
Richard Burton is an experienced technology and business leader who has spent over 25 years at Servosteel, progressing from work-placement developer to Owner & Director after an MBO in 2022. He combines hands-on software craftsmanship—having architected and led development of a bespoke, real-time manufacturing and customer-portal platform praised as "best in class" by major steel customers—with strategic leadership across IT, operations and process improvement. Comfortable across applications, infrastructure, telephony and change management, he has driven digital transformation that replaced paper processes and unified group-wide systems. His background in computer science and long tenure in the steel sector give him rare domain expertise in industrial software and supply-chain workflows. Colleagues describe him as relentlessly improvement-focused and committed to helping others succeed while delivering measurable business value.
11 years of coding experience
32 years of employment as a software developer
BTEC National Diploma, Computer Studies, BTEC National Diploma, Computer Studies at Sandwell College
BSc Honours Degree, Computer Science, BSc Honours Degree, Computer Science at University of Wolverhampton
BTEC National Diploma, Business Studies, BTEC National Diploma, Business Studies at West Bromwich College
English