David Richards
David Richards founded WANdisco in 2005. In 2012, WANdisco had a hugely successful listing on London Stock Exchange, raising over £24 million to drive business growth. The company has patented technology that led it to be officially partnered with Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft.
David has become recognized as a champion of technology and entrepreneurship. With more than 15 years of experience as an executive in the software industry, he sits on a number of advisory and executive boards of Silicon Valley startups. A passionate advocate of entrepreneurship, he has established many successful startup companies in enterprise software and is recognized as an authority on enterprise application integration and its standards.
The opinions expressed in this blog are those of David Richards and do not necessarily represent those of IDG Communications Inc. or its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies.
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