Richard W. Saunders, CISSP
After graduating with a combined degree in Business Administration and Computer Science from Western Washington University I worked for 17 years in software development at Microsoft Corporation. As a manager in quality assurance and later a senior program manager I worked on the Windows Operating System, Digital Media, and the Windows Media Player. All told I was involved in releasing over twenty retail software products at Microsoft.
My first product at Microsoft was Windows 2.0 (1987). Following that, I worked on the development of each version of Windows through Windows 95 and was involved with the Windows NT, WIndows 98, and Windows XP efforts as well as some Microsoft Office components. In the Windows Digital Media Division I worked on teams developing audio and video technologies and the Windows Media Player where I participated in dozens of product releases.
Throughout my career I have stayed very involved with nonprofit organizations and the community. Volunteering in both technical and managerial roles has been an important aspect of my life.
In my jobs at Microsoft I have gained some valuable experience. At Microsoft I was required to lead projects spanning multiple groups and multiple divisions. I have had to manage teams of peers who did not report to me and motivate them around a central mission. This entailed handling rapid change while coordinating specifications, schedules, resources and final product releases or events. I have hired and managed external independent contractors and dealt with legal contracts and budgeting through to completion. My experiences have taught me how to engage in different ways with different people. I have played the role of mediator and champion. I have worked in resource constrained environments and all my jobs required extensive multitasking.
After volunteering for several years at the Northshore Senior Center as a technology lead I spent four years on the board of directors at the 45th Street Clinic in Wallingford. There I served as board president for two years and was very active in board recruitment and development. More recently I have been a volunteer technology consultant for the Institute for Family Development (IFD). I made contact with IFD as a partner at Social Venture Partners. There I participated in the grant committee to identify partner organizations and began working directly with IFD consulting on the organization-wide email system and external web site implementation, in addition to the maintenance and needs assessment, product evaluation and eventual implementation of their computerized Client Management System.
What is probably hardest to communicate in my resume is my love of working with people, my ability to coordinate and lead many types of projects, and my desire to work hard and effectively for the greater good of the team, the organization, and the community. It is extremely important to me to bring hard work, high quality, honesty, and humor to every job I do.
Sincerely,
Richard W. Saunders
Richard@gaiaict.com
My first product at Microsoft was Windows 2.0 (1987). Following that, I worked on the development of each version of Windows through Windows 95 and was involved with the Windows NT, WIndows 98, and Windows XP efforts as well as some Microsoft Office components. In the Windows Digital Media Division I worked on teams developing audio and video technologies and the Windows Media Player where I participated in dozens of product releases.
Throughout my career I have stayed very involved with nonprofit organizations and the community. Volunteering in both technical and managerial roles has been an important aspect of my life.
In my jobs at Microsoft I have gained some valuable experience. At Microsoft I was required to lead projects spanning multiple groups and multiple divisions. I have had to manage teams of peers who did not report to me and motivate them around a central mission. This entailed handling rapid change while coordinating specifications, schedules, resources and final product releases or events. I have hired and managed external independent contractors and dealt with legal contracts and budgeting through to completion. My experiences have taught me how to engage in different ways with different people. I have played the role of mediator and champion. I have worked in resource constrained environments and all my jobs required extensive multitasking.
After volunteering for several years at the Northshore Senior Center as a technology lead I spent four years on the board of directors at the 45th Street Clinic in Wallingford. There I served as board president for two years and was very active in board recruitment and development. More recently I have been a volunteer technology consultant for the Institute for Family Development (IFD). I made contact with IFD as a partner at Social Venture Partners. There I participated in the grant committee to identify partner organizations and began working directly with IFD consulting on the organization-wide email system and external web site implementation, in addition to the maintenance and needs assessment, product evaluation and eventual implementation of their computerized Client Management System.
What is probably hardest to communicate in my resume is my love of working with people, my ability to coordinate and lead many types of projects, and my desire to work hard and effectively for the greater good of the team, the organization, and the community. It is extremely important to me to bring hard work, high quality, honesty, and humor to every job I do.
Sincerely,
Richard W. Saunders
Richard@gaiaict.com
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