Richard Saunders

Independent consultant working to empower nonprofits and businesses through the practical, sustainable use of IT

Greater Seattle Area

Current
  • Owner at Gaia ICT, LLC
  • IT Consultant at Kirkland Teen Union Building
  • Partner at Social Venture Partners, Seattle
Past
  • Program Manager at Microsoft Corporation
Education
  • Western Washington University
Connections
58 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Richard Saunders’s Summary

Several years of program management in software development at Microsoft working on Windows OS and Digital Media. Many years as volunteer for nonprofits. My goal is to take my love of technology and working with people and organizations and provide truly valuable services to help organizations and the community.

Richard Saunders’s Specialties:

Client and Service Management Systems, Customer and Constituent Relationship Management, Salesforce.com, Information Systems. Business Process Design. Systems Analysis and Solution Design. Technical Project Management. Businesses and nonprofit organizations.


Richard Saunders’s Experience

  • Owner

    Gaia ICT, LLC

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2006Present (2 years 7 months)

    Technical project management, systems analysis, solution design and implementation, CRM and constituent relationship management (Salesforce.com), client information management systems for businesses and nonprofits.

  • IT Consultant

    Kirkland Teen Union Building

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    2006Present (2 years)

  • Partner

    Social Venture Partners, Seattle

    (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Philanthropy industry)

    December 2001Present (6 years 8 months)

    Partner at SVPSeattle.org. Volunteer technical lead at InstituteFamily.org from 2001 to 2004.

  • Program Manager

    Microsoft Corporation

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

    September 1995July 2004 (8 years 11 months)

    Senior program manager in product development in Windows Digital Media division from 1995 - 2004. Lead Software Development Engineer in Test/QA on Windows Operating System product development from 1987 - 1995.


Richard Saunders’s Education

  • Western Washington University

    BA, Computer Science/Business Admin, 19821987


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Richard Saunders’s Interests:

Technology for positive social change. Business social responsibility. Sustainablity.

Richard Saunders’s Groups:

CISSP

  •    PMI Information Systems SIG member

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