Richard has been a SEMCO member since 1976 when the organization was formed. He has been an active member serving the organization in a
variety of capacities. He started the New Users Forum now known as the Novice
Group. He was vice president previously in 1990s and has made presentations at SEMCO meetings.
He has been in the data processing and computer fields since 1967 when he started working on IBM punch card equipment when he started working for National Bank of Detroit (now Bank One). He started working as a mainframe computer operator in 1970 and has been in the field ever since.
His interest started in 1975 when Popular Electronics published an article about building your own computer from a kit. His interest was further developed in Wayne Recreational Computer Org., a student group at Wayne State University. He has owned Timex Sinclair, Commodore, and PC compatible computers.