"In our time together at OCI he was an amazing mentor, and I learned something new from him every interaction. His attention to detail and level of organization was unparalleled, as he clearly articulated different approaches across various features, user flows, and information architecture, while never losing sight of the bigger picture and how it all fit together."

“As a product design lead, he made sure that I felt supported as a designer joining a new team/project and was a great communicator. I've thoroughly enjoyed collaborating with him and find that he goes above and beyond to deliver the best work possible, pushes my critical thinking skills, is a great partner to brainstorm with, and has the rare ability to be both extremely detail-oriented and consider a product from all aspects and look at the big picture."

"Richard is one of the most brilliant product designers I’ve had the pleasure of working with in my career. He is a true friend and mentor. Richard and I worked cross functionally on Amazon’s SmileCode. Bringing a concept to fruition; an amazing collaboration between teams spanning multiple organizations and disciplines to bring this technology to life."

“Richard showed outstanding leadership skills in every step of the process by actively advocating for the product goals and users. I saw him tackle difficult situations always with a considerate and goals-driven perspective.Richard is an incredible person, an excellent mentor, and an astonishingly organized designer. I value working with someone with his experience level because it helped me improve my skills as a product designer.”

"I worked with Richard for almost a year and it was a true pleasure. He's hardworking, intelligent and meticulous, and he brought dearly needed UX expertise to our team. He pushed for products to be designed in a way that could easily scale, and he was very adept at communicating his ideas, insights and vision to his product team and my frontend developers."

“I had the great pleasure of working together with Richard at Amazon Advertising. He has an exceptional talent at creating customer experiences that are both beautiful and user-friendly. I experienced this firsthand, when I collaborated with Richard on the creation of Amazon SmileCodes. Richard is an invaluable addition to any team and I highly recommend working with him!”