Rick graduated with honors from Carnegie-Mellon University with a BS in cognitive science and human-computer interaction, and stayed on to complete a Master’s in human-computer interaction.
He brings a strong understanding of research methods and technology, and has an inherent curiosity about who people are and why they do what they do.
Before joining MAYA, Rick worked as the user testing lead and project manager on an interdisciplinary team that designed and developed a handheld problem-reporting system for NASA. The device is slated for deployment alongside Project Constellation, the next iteration of the shuttle.
While at CMU, Rick co-authored a paper about cooperation between human users and intelligent systems that was published in an artificial intelligence journal, and was a captain and conference all-star on the lacrosse team.