About Rob

Robert Richard is a Senior Sales Engineer for Xtiva Financial Systems in New York, NY. Richard provides close sales and marketing support for the suite of commission, licensing and billing software from Xtiva, all focused on the financial services industry. Prior to Xtiva, Richard was a Senior Information Technology Consultant at Delta Development Group. In this role, he worked closely with clients to identify, create, implement, and refine value-added information technology solutions. Richard also consulted and helped clients define strategic initiatives and long-term plans for leveraging information technology in order to maximize their benefit. Richard endeavored into entrepreneurism when he founded Cogent Business Applications, a company that developed and marketed a web-based content management solution targeted to sales organizations, designed to decrease sales cycle times and increase sales volume. In the 1990's, Richard was heavily involved in software and systems development, creating innovative and value-added solutions for many clients. Richard also worked to help companies analyze and re-engineer many of their key processes, based primarily on his ability to analyze a situation, create a solution, and continually seek excellence. Richard specializes in development environments from Microsoft, including the latest .NET development framework, MS SQL Server and Windows servers. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in Microsoft Visual C# and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. Richard earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the Pennsylvania State University, as well as a B.S. in Information Systems, also from the Pennsylvania State University, both with honors. Richard is a United States Air Force veteran having served during Operation Just Cause (Panama) and Operation Desert Storm.

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Salary

Current Salary: $150,000 to $250,000
Desired Salary: $150,000 to $250,000