A lifelong musician, composer, and artist, Richard first began work on U-GRUVE in the early ’90s, while working in the then-emerging Virtual Reality industry.

In addition to founding Memetic Arts, Inc., Richard has garnered 20 years' experience as a Lead User Experience/Interaction Designer and Front-end Developer while serving as VP on UX teams for Fortune 100 companies in New York City.

Richard holds a Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition from the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati.