Richard Seal
Principal Engineer, AI & Innovation
Longwood, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolRichard Seal is a Principal Engineer specializing in AI and innovation with over two decades of experience as a .NET developer, Sitecore architect, and SQL Server DBA. A four-time Sitecore MVP and certified Sitecore Developer, he has repeatedly taken complex digital experience projects from initial design through high-volume production delivery. His background spans hands-on implementation—ASP.NET MVC, C#, JavaScript and responsive UI—to enterprise SaaS architecture and xDB-driven personalization. Richard has held progressive leadership roles from development lead to director and now principal engineering at Sitecore, blending technical depth with product-facing SME work. Based in Longwood, Florida, he brings a rare combination of CMS expertise and data-savvy systems thinking that helps teams turn content platforms into measurable business outcomes. An early entrepreneur and former owner of creative and web businesses, he pairs engineering rigor with pragmatic delivery and a customer-focused mindset.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
GCSE Grades A, GCSE Grades A at Alderman Smith School Nuneaton
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Github Skills (31)
mvp10
nextjs10
sitecore10
sitecore-sxa10
strongly-typed9
octopus-deploy9
powershell9
netcore9
vercel8
unicorn8
rainbow8
security7
react7
asp-net6
lucene6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
GuitarRich/guitarrich.github.io
May 2015 - Jan 2021
Contributions:139 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
GuitarRich/sitecore.react
Apr 2017 - Feb 2020
A ReactJS module for building Sitecore components with React
Contributions:25 releases, 8 commits, 11 PRs in 2 years 10 months
reactsitecorereactjssitecore-components
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