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Richard Chang

CEONewFoundry

Ann Arbor, MI

Member Since April 2013

Skills

Team Building
Executive Leadership
Growth Strategy and Execution

About

If you happen to be heading to, be in, or around the Detroit/Ann Arbor metro area, I'd love to meet up and learn about you! Rich is the CEO and co-founder of NewFoundry, a product development and engineering firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. NewFoundry is a multidisciplinary innovation studio that fuses strategy, design, engineering, and user experience expertise to create next-generation market opportunities, products, and services. Our clients are organizations of all sizes and across major industries who seek a trusted partner to deliver engineered solutions and marketplace experiences that are brand-building, beautiful, and smart. From handheld and tablet mobile applications to cloud-based platforms, automotive interfaces and more, NewFoundry’s team of strategists, designers, and engineers work together on every engagement from end to end, resulting in award-winning outcomes and rewarding user experiences. Prior to founding NewFoundry, Rich was a founding executive at Mobiata, a mobile app development shop that focused on travel apps with awards garnered for their FlightTrack, FlightBoard, and Expedia Itinerary products. Expedia purchased Mobiata in 2010. Rich also held various roles at Arbor Networks, a leading network security provider, and Advanced Network Services, the company that brought the original public Internet backbone to the masses. Rich is very passionate about and holds seat and chairman roles on various boards focused on workforce development, economic growth, and community building. NewFoundry is a recipient of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch award, Best of Michigan Tech Gurus award, Goldman Sachs 10000 Businesses program, and Inc 5000 Fastest-Private Growing Business award. NewFoundry has also been a recipient of various industry awards for products created for our clients.

Company details

NewFoundry

Company bio

NewFoundry - Forging Big Ideas | Web, Mobile, and Automotive Design & Engineering Our team loves bringing definition and a path to success for ideas that we can bring to life via software solutions that are brand-building, beautiful, and smart. Whether it is automating workflows, developing emerging technology, utilizing VR/AR, or creating other solutions, we want to help you grow your business. We are industry agnostic and have recently created solutions in the automotive, consumer, education, finance, insurance, legal, manufacturing, medical, retail, security, sports, and transportation industries. We’re proud of the fact that as a result of partnering with us, our client stakeholders succeed where others have failed and are frequently promoted. Some have even won internal and industry awards! Our Frame, Fabricate, and Forge process allows us to deliver smarter, more effective solutions at a pace and quality level that is typically unmatched in the marketplace. Our expertise is rooted in: • Software development • Mobile, web, and automotive interface development • Product and service design Our services include: • Concept ideation, positioning, & strategy development • Application ideation, examination, prototyping • Application engineering (mobile, web, automotive) • Product strategy & launch • UX/UI design • Brand visual language & identity design Outcomes from our engagements: • Automotive interfaces and proof-of-concept • Mobile-device handheld and tablet applications • Customer-facing web experiences • Operations-focused web environments • Cloud-based platforms • Branded digital business tools

Industry

Computer Software

Area of focus

Product Design
Software Engineering
strategy

Company size

11 - 50