Rupert Richardson has extensive experience in sales engineering and technical support, currently serving as Director of North America Sales Engineering at Synopsys Inc since November 2018. Prior to this role, Rupert held various positions at Black Duck Software from March 2006 to November 2018, including Vice President of Global Sales Engineering and Director of Technical Account Management. Rupert's earlier career includes roles at McCabe as a Sales Engineer/Consultant/Trainer from 2000 to 2006, at TRUEsoftware as Tech Support/Trainer from 1997 to 2001, and at MarketMAX as Technical Support, Training, and Consultant from 1995 to 1997. Rupert holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Buckingham and completed education at Red Hat in 2010.