Gabriel Richards
Favorite Quote
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Joined Endertech
2000
Primary Title
Founder & CEO
Secondary Title(s)
Account Manager, Development Manager, Full Stack Developer
About Me

I enjoy playing piano, soccer, and Civilization! Other areas of interest include mixology, skiing, aquaria, and travel. My teams are the LA Galaxy and the LA Rams. I married my high school sweetheart in 2005 and we have two kids, a boy and a girl.

Education

B.A. in Philosophy from UC Irvine, 2000

Experience

Designing & developing all sorts of websites, databases, and software applications since 1998.

Skills

Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, Business Analysis, Software System Architecture, Project Management, Software Engineering, Cloud Server Administration

Technologies

Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Javascript, HTML, CSS, React, Symfony, Shopify, Magento, Drupal, WordPress, Amazon AWS, Google Cloud

Articles by Gabriel Richards
Marketing
E-Commerce
Discussion of shipping charges & customer service policies for a business adding e-commerce to its brick & mortar. Topics include whether customer or business will bear shipping costs, how customers will contact you online and policies for responding.
Software
Three Bottom Line Reasons to Consider the LAMP Solution Stack including an explanation of LAMP, a discussion of its open source nature and the advantages of the absence of vendor lock in.
Software
An analysis of the $7 Million investment into SensioLabs by CM-CIC Capital Privé and what such means for the future of Symfony both abroad and in the United States.
Can a Minimum Viable Product Be a Building Block for Your Business?
Discussion of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) as the building block for a business. Topics covered include cost efficient and timely feedback, use by startups and relation to crowd funding websites.
E-Commerce
Giving consideration during the e-commerce planning process to the “people power” required for the addition of online sales. Options discussed include engaging employees or freelancers, outsourcing to development firms and "off the shelf" products.
E-Commerce
An outline of initial steps in the planning process for a brick and mortar operation considering an e-commerce presence, including which businesses lend themselves to e-commerce, analyzing potential competition in cyberspace, and the concept of differentiation in the online marketplace.
Software
An explanation and example of creating an editable datagrid from scratch using jQuery while working in SlickGrid.
Software
PHPStorm is an Integrated Development Environment ("IDE") optimized for the PHP coding platform and has many more pros than cons when it comes to an IDE. PHPStorm is an Integrated Development Environment ("IDE") optimized for the PHP coding platform and has many more pros than cons when it comes to an IDE.
Magento is a serious e-commerce solution, built from the ground up for the kind of business logic that e-tailers use day in and day out. Magento is structured as an infinitely flexible shopping cart and product management system.
Google Earth DIV Overlay via iframe Shim
Web Development
Steps for creating a div overlay on top of a Google Earth browser plugin rendering.
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