Summary
Rick Osborne is a Staff Engineer based in Redwood City with 15 years of experience building web and bioinformatics software and leading engineering teams from startups to enterprise R&D. He started programming as a child and has blended hands-on full‑stack engineering with curriculum design and people leadership, having taught and managed web programs at Full Sail University. Rick has held senior technical and lead roles at companies including Bina Technologies, Roche Sequencing, and Identifeye Health, bringing deep domain experience in healthcare and data‑driven products. He prefers balancing the technical and creative sides of projects, avoiding both ivory‑tower abstraction and tunnel‑vision coding. His background combines formal education in information systems and an MS in Education Media Design & Technology, which informs his ability to translate complex systems into teachable, maintainable solutions. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic architect who mentors teams while keeping delivery, usability, and long‑term maintainability in view.
15 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science (A.S.), Computer Science, Associate of Science (A.S.), Computer Science at Pensacola Junior College
MS, Education Media Design & Technology, 4.0, MS, Education Media Design & Technology, 4.0 at Full Sail University
BS, Information Systems Technology, BS, Information Systems Technology at University of Central Florida