Independent consultant working to empower nonprofits and businesses through the practical, sustainable use of IT
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Owner at Gaia ICT, LLC
- IT Consultant at Kirkland Teen Union Building
- Partner at Social Venture Partners, Seattle
- Past
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- Program Manager at Microsoft Corporation
- Education
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- Western Washington University
- Connections
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- 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
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Owner
Gaia ICT, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2006 — Present (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.
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IT Consultant
Kirkland Teen Union Building
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2006 — Present (2 years)
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Partner
Social Venture Partners, Seattle
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Philanthropy industry)
December 2001 — Present (6 years 8 months)
Partner at SVPSeattle.org. Volunteer technical lead at InstituteFamily.org from 2001 to 2004.
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Program Manager
Microsoft Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
September 1995 — July 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
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Western Washington University
BA, Computer Science/Business Admin, 1982 — 1987
Additional Information
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Richard Saunders’s Interests:
Technology for positive social change. Business social responsibility. Sustainablity.
Richard Saunders’s Groups:
CISSP
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PMI Information Systems SIG member
Richard Saunders’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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