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Welcome

Hi! I am the lucky Richard Chang that was able to snag the richardchang.com domain. Why is this such a feat? Read this page here: Are you the Richard Chang who ...?" to learn why. There are a lot of me out there -- well, there are a lot of folks with my name... There is only one me! (Much to the relief of the world!)

Background

I am a first generation Asian American originally from New York now living in Michigan.

General Interests
  • General Interests: Racing anything with wheels, motorcycles, fast cars, soccer.
  • Music: My music range is quite diverse: Pop, Classic Rock, Heavy Metal, Hair Bands, Classical, some Jazz, Top 40, Modern Rock, and Alternative. I did said diverse, didn't I?
  • Movies: Happy Gilmore is one of my all time favorites, the Star Wars and Lord of the Ring trilogies. I am a big fan of comedies. Dramas, it depends. Horror flicks I can't sit through because I am too much of a wimp - I have a hard enough time with the Discovery Medical channel.
  • Favorite Drinks: Starbucks Green Tea Frappuccino, beer (Sam Adams and Bass), red wine, soy milk, orange juice.
  • Currently Tivo'ing: Chuck, Pysch, Heroes, 24, American Chopper, CSI, CSI Miami, Family Guy, Grey's Anatomy, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, Las Vegas, Monk, Scrubs, The Simpsons.
  • Watch Sometimes: 30 Rock, American Dad, Cold Case, Deal or No Deal, Late Night w/Conan, Tonight Show w/Jay Leno, Without a Trace.
  • Oldies but Goodies: Bernie Mac.
  • Television I have (not sure if I should admit this) seen most episodes of: Walker Texas Ranger, Nash Bridges, Law Order (up to the last 2 seasons when I lost interest).
  • Books: Mystery/Action books. I am a big fan of Stephen Coonts.
  • Heroes: Whoever invented Tivo, Chuck Norris (who else can round-house kick you back into yesterday?), my family.
  • Hobbies: Sports, R/C racing, website development, violin (I played competitvely from age 4-18 but have only played on and off since then)
Resume

Dynamic, hands-on technology professional with 17 years of experience in engineering, business development, and product development and a successful track record of establishing and growing global teams at start-up and corporate-level companies.

Skilled in the following:

  • Scaling start-up operations to the next level
  • Building productive teams and establishing successful group dynamics
  • Recruiting and managing teams of all sizes
  • Managing web and mobile application development from inception to delivery
  • Overseeing product design and development
  • Developing and implementing best-practice procedures and continuous improvement processes
  • Developing business strategy
  • Managing vendor relationships
  • Establishing positive customer relationships
  • Producing and managing budgets
  • Creating and supporting business services infrastructure
  • Deploying and maintaining large customer-base applications

Positions Held: Co-Founder, CEO, General Manager, Vice President of Operations, QA Manager, Consultant, Engineer, Project Manager, Developer

Please email me at resume@richardchang.com for my official resume.