Summary
Richard Templet is a seasoned solutions architect with over 16 years of hands-on experience and more than 20 years leading engineers, sysadmins, and managers across hosting, enterprise services, and professional services. Currently at Deloitte, he combines deep operational knowledge—from AIX administration and bare-metal hosting to Kubernetes and AWS—with a pragmatic approach to requirements gathering and delivery. He excels at building strong team relationships through listening, coaching, and mentorship, and has repeatedly managed distributed, multi-timezone teams and complex multi-vendor integrations. Richard has run division-level operations and coordinated resources for 100+ active clients, demonstrating both tactical project delivery and strategic roadmap alignment. Based in Lafayette, Louisiana, he brings a steady, customer-focused leadership style and a rare blend of infrastructure pedigree and modern cloud-native experience. An understated strength is his ability to translate noisy customer goals into clear technical scope that keeps projects on track.
16 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
AS, Electronics Technology, AS, Electronics Technology at Remington College