Tom Richardson
SVP Regional Technology Lead, Central at RAPP
Dallas, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Richardson is a technology leader and hands-on software executive currently serving as SVP Regional Technology Lead, Central at RAPP, where he shapes regional technology strategy and delivery. With a track record spanning Ackerman McQueen, Richardson Works, and Slingshot, he brings deep cross-functional expertise across front-end and back-end development, from Node.js, JavaScript, HTML5/CSS to C#/.NET and cloud AWS. He excels at building scalable, enterprise-grade solutions and guiding teams through complex digital programs, leveraging his University of Texas at Dallas CS background. An active contributor to open source, he helped refine the Videogular2 HTML5 video player for Angular 2, tackling server-side rendering, memory leaks, fullscreen API fixes, and HLS streaming issues. Based in Castle Rock, Colorado, he combines architectural leadership with hands-on delivery and mentoring to drive modern web and media experiences. He also emphasizes search and content management stacks with Lucene.net, Examine, and Umbraco as part of his toolkit.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas
Github Skills (13)
360video10
typescript10
javascript10
typescript310
typescripts10
javascripts10
html5-video10
typescript210
html-510
videoplayer10
video-player10
typescript-types10
angular10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
videogular/videogular2
Jun 2017 - Jun 2018
The HTML5 video player for Angular 2
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 7 PRs, 30 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Tom primarily focused on fixing bugs and improving the stability of the Videogular 2 video player. Their contributions included addressing server-side rendering issues, memory leaks in the vg-media component, and null reference errors within the fullscreen API. Additionally, the user corrected syntax errors and addressed issues related to HLS streaming, ensuring proper functionality in various scenarios.
angular-libraryhtml5-videoangular15html5-video-playervideo-player
kwarismian/hls-live-thumbnails
Aug 2016 - Aug 2018
Contributions:9 pushes in 1 year 11 months
thumbnailshls-streamnodejsstreamvideo
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