People who have worked with him.

As an exemplar technology professional, Rich participated in many architectural directions and technical designs. As one of the senior architects working in the financial community, he designed advanced technology platforms for financial analysis and business intelligence. Those systems are still in use today and are the basis for more advanced financial decision systems currently in existence. For twenty years, companies run by Rich have prospered by his direction and leadership. He is the forefather of modern compute, web-based community services. Prior to the advances in the cloud, Rich worked with Microsoft to employ advanced designs incorporating community compute collaboration. This development addressed the Value Added Resource community’s need to collaborate and reduced the time to market in multiple industry groups. Professionally and personally, Rich is a dedicated and knowledgeable resource for technology deployment and advances.

I’ve known Rich for the past 15 years. He has been our technical go-to person for hardware design and software development. Rich has streamlined our operations and solved workflow issues, making us more efficient with our time. His understanding of software applications and computer systems, and how to implement them into our operation seamlessly, has allowed us to concentrate on our core business and generate more sales. We cannot thank him enough.

I’ve known Rich since the early ’80s, when we worked in downtown New York at Monchik-Weber. Over these many years we’ve collaborated on many business and new-technology ventures. We’ve traveled together, talked, and become very good friends. If I had to choose one word to describe Rich, that word would be “thoughtful.” Not because he brought flowers when he came to dinner or pushed in my chair, but because on every job and in every area of his career and rich life, he’s invested an enormous amount of thoughtful caring and effort, and operated at the highest possible level of energy, selflessness, and intelligent thoughtfulness. Whether you’re interested in technology and real-time systems, wellness and meditation, a business start-up, the best herb to cure an ailing body and soul, or extra-terrestrials, Rich is knowledgeable and involved, and someone you want on your team. Superlatively honest, frank, and giving, I’m blessed to have had Rich in my life for these many years.

During a very hectic period of starting my business, Rich Siena was always a trusted adviser, offering clear-cut, common-sense advice, without losing focus of the goals that I needed to achieve. His dedication to seeing a project through to completion, in both a timely and cost-effective manner, is second to none. I highly recommend Rich, value his advice, and am proud to call him a friend.