I’m Terry Richards, a full-stack engineer and AI solutions architect with 20+ years of building production-grade systems across cloud platforms, AI/ML, and enterprise software. I lead Agent9, delivering data-driven solutions, AI automation, and scalable workflows for clients nationwide. I learn fast, ship rapidly, and love solving the hard problems others get stuck on. I blend strategic architecture with hands-on development to craft robust platforms, optimize performance, and drive ROI.

Terry Richards

I’m Terry Richards, a full-stack engineer and AI solutions architect with 20+ years of building production-grade systems across cloud platforms, AI/ML, and enterprise software. I lead Agent9, delivering data-driven solutions, AI automation, and scalable workflows for clients nationwide. I learn fast, ship rapidly, and love solving the hard problems others get stuck on. I blend strategic architecture with hands-on development to craft robust platforms, optimize performance, and drive ROI.

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I’m Terry Richards, a full-stack engineer and AI solutions architect with 20+ years of building production-grade systems across cloud platforms, AI/ML, and enterprise software. I lead Agent9, delivering data-driven solutions, AI automation, and scalable workflows for clients nationwide.

I learn fast, ship rapidly, and love solving the hard problems others get stuck on. I blend strategic architecture with hands-on development to craft robust platforms, optimize performance, and drive ROI.

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Language

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Work Experience

Founder & Lead Engineer at Agent9
January 1, 2024 - Present
Custom software and AI agent systems; production-grade apps across cloud platforms; multi-agent orchestration with RAG pipelines, semantic/vector search, embedding systems, and LLM integration. Lead prompt engineering, AI-assisted development workflows, geospatial AI, and multi-model coordination. Full-stack development using React/TypeScript, Python, Rust; serverless and edge computing; desktop apps with Rust/Tauri; WASM API design (REST/GraphQL); database design (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB); Cloudflare, AWS, GCP, and CI/CD with Terraform; monitoring/observability and client-facing ROI-focused consulting.
Senior Technical Strategist at MOSAIC
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2019
Delivered analytics-driven strategies to improve conversion performance; conducted technical audits; collaborated with Dev teams on implementations; drove performance improvements and ROI through architecture and optimization.
Founder at Land Cruiser World
January 1, 2015 - Present
Founded and grew the world's largest Toyota Land Cruiser Facebook community to 240,000+ members across 100+ countries; organized initial community event in Costa Rica (sponsored by Toyota), demonstrating scalable international partnerships and community-building.
Technical Operations Manager at Simply Wireless
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2016
Managed technical operations across 100+ distributed locations; built monitoring, reporting, and automation tools to streamline processes and reliability.
Technical Operations Lead at Vocus, Inc. (PR Web)
January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
Managed a platform indexing over 2,000,000 URLs; reverse-engineered Google algorithm impacts via data analysis and correlation; led security initiatives and analytics for product launches.
Technical Manager at Ignite Media Solutions
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2013
Founded new technical division; drove revenue growth; built monitoring/automation tools; recruited and managed technical teams; oversaw enterprise-brand portfolios.
Director at REQ
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2012
Directed Search Marketing initiatives; developed infrastructure content; managed large-scale indexed pages and enterprise reputation management systems.

Education

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Qualifications

NVIDIA Certified Associate: AI Infrastructure & Operations
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2027
Stack Cyber Security Training Certificate of Excellence
January 1, 2024 - June 25, 2026
Google Introduction to AI
January 1, 2025 - June 25, 2026
Google Ads Certification
January 1, 2025 - June 25, 2026
Google Analytics Certification (GA4)
January 1, 2025 - June 25, 2026
IBM watsonx Hackathon Finalist
January 1, 2025 - June 25, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services