Richard Newman
Director Of Software Development at thoughtbot
Boise, Idaho, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Newman is a seasoned software leader and director with nearly two decades of senior and executive management experience, currently leading software development at thoughtbot from Boise, Idaho. He blends entrepreneurial instincts with enterprise discipline—driving SOX-compliant transformations, launching no/low-code integrations, and building Python-focused engineering teams that emphasize UX and QA automation. His background spans startups and corporate subsidiaries, from founding and retooling an edtech platform (Rezzly/GoGo Labs) to orchestrating complex retailer and EDI integrations at Tuft & Needle and finance ETL at Vacasa. Richard pairs an MBA and a CS degree with hands-on technical leadership, routinely moving cross-functional teams from prototype to auditable production. Notably, he has a track record of rescuing faltering initiatives and establishing operational foundations that enable rapid business expansion.
2 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Boise State UniversityMBA Business, MBA Business at UW Foster School of Business
English
Github Skills (1)
css10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
ApprenticeshipStandardsDotOrg/ApprenticeshipStandardsDotOrg
Feb 2024 - Dec 2024
Contributions:12 reviews, 5 PRs, 19 pushes in 10 months
thoughtbot/guides
Jul 2023 - Mar 2025
A guide for programming in style.
Contributions:5 reviews, 11 comments in 1 year 9 months
css
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