Richard Stanford is a seasoned technology leader and director with 13+ years of experience building and scaling high-availability distributed systems for payments, logistics, and social care platforms. He has founded multiple companies and led engineering teams to deliver enterprise-grade SaaS trusted by national brands such as the American Heart Association, Staples, and the Chicago Marathon. Known for marrying lean, agile delivery with operational rigor, he routinely drives design-to-launch cycles as short as three weeks while maintaining continuous uptime and PCI/SSAE compliance. At findhelp he architects core platform frameworks and internal developer tooling that accelerate integrations and predictable feature expansion across a growing product footprint. Comfortable at both the boardroom and code level, he frequently bridges investor/stakeholder strategy with hands-on optimizations and team training. Based in Austin, he’s quietly pragmatic: he prioritizes “it works first time, every time” reliability over flashy solutions.
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