Ryan Richard
Senior Private Equity Associate
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
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Top SchoolRyan Richard is a Senior Private Equity Associate with 12 years of investment banking and M&A experience, focused on technology, government services, and business services across sell-side and capital raise transactions. Currently at Ames Watson, he progressed rapidly from associate to senior associate, building transaction execution and financial modeling expertise. He combines hands-on deal experience from firms like Fairmount Partners and Outcome Capital with a strong finance education (MS Finance, Villanova) and a background in valuation. Less obvious: Ryan contributes to open-source scientific computing—making C++ back-end fixes to the well-regarded psi4 quantum chemistry package—demonstrating analytical rigor and a technical bent that complements his finance skill set. Based in the Washington DC–Baltimore area, he balances a transaction-focused career with interests in golf, basketball, travel, and coffee-fueled networking.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Finance and Economics, Bachelor's Degree, Finance and Economics at University of Massachusetts AmherstMasters of Science, Finance, Masters of Science, Finance at Villanova University
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Github Skills (6)
c-language10
computational-chemistry10
cprogramming-language10
linear-algebra9
numerical-methods9
fortran5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
psi4/psi4
May 2014 - Jan 2017
Open-Source Quantum Chemistry – an electronic structure package in C++ driven by Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:266 commits, 17 PRs, 23 pushes in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Ryan primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the core computational code, as evidenced by their commits to source files related to wavefunction, integral calculations, and orbital optimization within the psi4 software. Their changes involved the addition of necessary include directives and the incorporation of updates and bug fixes, which suggests an active role in maintaining and improving the core functionality of the electronic structure package. These contributions indicate a focus on ensuring the code's compatibility and stability.
physicschemistrypythonquantum-computingelectronic-structure
rmrresearch/rmrresearch.github.io
Aug 2022 - Oct 2024
Organization website
Contributions:6 PRs, 23 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 2 months
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