Richard Hildred
Contract Academic Staff at Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolRichard Hildred is a seasoned software and education professional with 14 years of experience blending hands-on development, product management, and technical instruction. He has led certification and product realization efforts at NCR, built revenue-generating integrations and prototypes for startups, and translated industry practices into applied curriculum for large undergraduate cohorts. Known for making complex systems approachable, he introduced test-driven development, git-based workflows, and real-world integrations (e.g., TD Canada Trust Online Mart) into classroom and project work to better prepare students for industry. Richard combines an MBA in Innovation and Entrepreneurship with a pragmatic engineering background—often digging into technical detail himself—to deliver solutions that reduce cost, accelerate timelines, and empower autonomous teams.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, MBA, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Wilfrid Laurier University
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Github Skills (200)
language-server-protocol10
theia10
eclipse10
wordpress10
webassembly10
ide10
editor9
browser9
emscripten9
phonegap9
composer9
twilio9
atom-plugin9
electron9
blogger9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
rhildred/wordpress-cloud
Sep 2016 - Mar 2022
Contributions:73 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 7 months
deployingwordpressheroku
rhildred/mb115presentation2
Mar 2016 - Jun 2022
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 4 months
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