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.
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