In some ways it's a bit surprising that Richard didn't start programming computers until as late as 1983 as he had had a few opportunities before that coming from the computer hobby kit community in the late 1970s. But once he started, he didn't look back. He was introduced to Unix, Linux, the Internet and Open Source programming during his undergraduate years in the early 1990s.

Richard took these skills into the working world after school in a wide range of environments: through leading a team in developing an Intranet for MCI, working at a dot-com style startup, and working in small consulting teams for a wide variety of clients.

These days, Richard focuses mainly on programming and systems integration using Open Source technologies like Linux, Apache, and MySQL. Richard is heavily involved in the Perl community, both as an expert Perl programmer and community activist, including having organized the conference on Perl programming, YAPC North America 2005. Richard is now the President of The Perl Foundation

In addition to his pure technical work Richard is also a skilled and experienced presenter and communicator regarding technology and Open Source topics. He has given IT corporate training at Intel, Motorola and Unisys where he would teach their engineers his techniques and approaches to Open Source technologies. He has delivered papers at conferences across North America. Richard is also the author of several books on Perl, web programming and database integration. He wrote an influential series of articles on web/database integration with Open Source technologies for Webmonkey, a technology resource website that is a division of Wired Magazine.

Richard is now based in Toronto, Canada, and consults extensively across North America. He is known for his communication skills, and in particular is valued for his ability to translate complex technical information into business terms.

Richard holds a Bachelors degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Western Ontario and a Masters in Business Administration from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Richard Dice is our lead for projects in the finanical sector. We also call upon him technically when a client's platform involves heavy use of Perl.