David Richards

David Richards, WanDisco.
8th March 2022. Picture Bruce Rollinson

Former bosses have 'robustly rejected' request to repay bonuses, says WANdisco

David Richards, former chief executive officer of WanDisco, has been asked to return his 2022 bonus. Picture: Bruce Rollinson

Scandal-hit WANdisco calls on former bosses to return £650,000 bonus payments

Reece James and George Byers celebrate Sheffield Wednesday's promotion in the new EyUp-sponsored shirts they will be wearing for the 2023/24 season. Picture: Steve Ellis

WANdisco board 'not informed' of £560,000 Sheffield Wednesday sponsorship deal

David Richards is the former chair and chief executive of WANdisco. Picture Bruce Rollinson

WANdisco paid £646,000 in bonuses to senior bosses despite £24.5m loss

The interim chief executive of data company WANdisco described 2022 as ‘wasted’ but promised a ‘real transition year’ for 2023 as the company looks to recover in the wake of a financial scandal.

WANdisco: Interim CEO describes 2022 as "wasted" as he reveals financial results

An announcement of the vote result was made to the London Stock Exchange

Scandal-hit WANdisco wins shareholder backing for $30m equity fundraise

A statement has been made to the London Stock Exchange (Picture: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Single employee responsible for tens of millions of 'false' WANdisco sales

David Richards, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer and Erik Miller, Chief Financial Officer, have decided to step down from the WANdisco Board and leadership team, effective today, the City has been told

David Richards to step down from the WANdisco board

David Richards, WanDisco. Picture Bruce Rollinson

WANdisco exploring the option for additional listing of shares in US

David Richards, chief executive of WANdisco

Meet Yorkshire's new $1bn public company

David Richards of WanDisco.
Picture Bruce Rollinson

Yorkshire tech boss shares insight into Microsoft outage 'chaos'

EyUp Graduation Breakfast.13 December 2022. David Richards (left) with Kian (right).

Refugee helped to rebuild life in UK with course from Yorkshire-based EyUp

David Richards of WanDisco.
Picture Bruce Rollinson

WANdisco signs an agreement worth $31m with global telecommunications supplier

Participants, leaders and supporters of the Next Level Project, the six-week course at the National Videogame Museum in Sheffield. Photo by Gordie Cavill

Sheffield project aims to help more women of colour into video games industry

Technology entrepreneur David Richards with local resident Shaneeka Wilson. David is backing the Dryden project, a partnership that will deliver free,family friendly internet services to families across Southey in Sheffield. Picture Scott Merrylees

Hopes for project giving free internet to estate to act as national blueprint

An estate in Sheffield is to be given free internet in a trial scheme

Resident of Yorkshire estate to be given free internet in trial scheme

David Richards of WanDisco.

WANdisco secures record quarterly bookings as product 'resonates' with customers

David Richards, CEO and Co-founder of WANdisco said: “We are pleased to announce this follow-on deal with a key client."

WANdisco signs follow-on agreement worth $7.1m

David Richards, Picture Bruce Rollinson

WANdisco in Sheffield signs largest ever contract

A programme has been established to tackle digital poverty in one of Sheffield’s most disadvantaged areas.

Jobs boost for Sheffield as internet access programme is launched

David Richards at WANdisco.

Live data firm WANdisco secures $1.1m contract with top five Canadian bank
Live data firm WANdisco has secured a contract with a large financial services firm in Canada.

WANdisco CEO and Chairman David Richards, commented: "This contract is the latest proof point of the meaningful momentum we are seeing in the systemic market shift to IoT."

WANdisco secures contract with large European automotive components supplier

WANdisco CEO and Chairman David Richards, commented: "China remains a largely untapped market for us where we are steadily building a presence with our direct sales channel and reseller relationships."

WANdisco secures two contracts in China

David Richards, CEO and Co-founder of WANdisco said: “This $11.6m order is the third successive agreement we have signed with this customer and represents our largest ever contract to date."

WANdisco signs record $11.6m with a top ten global communications company

David Richards, CEO and President of WANdisco is the latest investor in FourJaw, a spin-out from the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) which uses a manufacturing data analytics platform to help companies raise their game.

David Richards of WANdisco backs Yorkshire firm which is boosting productivity

David Richards.

WANdisco made 'significant strategic progress' as it revealed revenue of $7.3m

David Richards, CEO and Chairman of WANdisco, commented: "The General Availability of LDM and LDMA in H2 last year laid the groundwork for a significant acceleration in new customer wins this quarter."

WANdisco enjoys strong trading in first quarter as it secures new contracts

David Richards: "This deal underpins WANdisco's excitement about the size of our market opportunity in cloud and IoT."

Sheffield data firm WANdisco signs new contract worth $630,000

David Richards, CEO and Co-founder of WANdisco said: “To announce such a significant follow-on deal with a global telecom firm, not even ten days after unveiling the first anchor agreement with them, speaks to the true scale of the opportunity WANdisco is targeting."

WANdisco signs agreement worth $1.2m with major global communications company

David Richards, CEO and co-founder of WANdisco, said: "We are excited to see another major telecommunications company choosing to use our solutions under our commit-to-consume model."

Data firm WANdisco announces new deal worth $1.5m

David Richards is CEO and co-founder of WANdisco.

WANdisco continued its momentum with LiveData Migrator

David Richards.

WANdisco in Sheffield enjoys strong momentum following contract wins
Live data firm WANdisco said it enjoyed strong momentum fourth quarter following significant contract wins both directly and with its key cloud channel partners including Azure, AWS and IBM, as well as its principal analytics partners Databricks and Snowflake.

David Richards, CEO and chairman at WANdisco

Software firm announces a significant £2.5m contract win through IBM

The commission will oversee the development of a new digital infrastructure – the AMRC Data Cloud.

New digital manufacturing commission to oversee development of AMRC Data Cloud

Dave Richards - WANdisco

WANdisco lands deal with top five UK banking group

WANdisco's CEO and chairman, David Richards

WANdisco celebrates winning its biggest ever multi-year contract

AWAY POINT: For Richie Wellens and Doncaster Rovers. Picture: PA Wire.

Crewe 1 Doncaster 1: Richie Wellens' side finally end losing run away from home

David Richards, CEO of WANDisco, told the audience: “You wouldn’t ask if a home should have a sewage system and water?”

Why action is needed on the skills gap in tech to stop Britain falling behind

David Richards, chief executive and chairman of WANdisco

WANdisco reports 'disappointing' first half results

EyUp Skills is partnering with iO Academy to deliver the coding course in Sheffield.

EyUp Skills welcomes first students in mission to plug digital skills gap

The Government has been warned that it faces the biggest education challenge in the post-war era to ensure that glaring inequalities in education across the nation are not being compounded in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Photo credit: JPIMedia

Education faces biggest inequalities in the post-war era, Northern leaders say

WANdisco, estimates that the North of England had a deficit of 160,000 laptops, while 100,000 homes were without any internet connectivity at the start of this year. Photo credit: PA

Government must raise its game to help 'huge' digital divides, says entrepreneur

To help fill a 10,000 deficit across South Yorkshire, David Richards paired up with a not for profit company, Learn Sheffield, to deliver revamped laptops and has gone on to provide more than 14,000 laptops in the North of England, alongside 5,000 dongles. Photo credit: PA

Government must raise its game to help 'huge' digital divides, says entrepreneur

David Richards with Councillor Abtisam Mohamed as the Laptop for Kids campaign was launched in Sheffield last September. Picture: Brian Eyre

Rising Covid school absences highlight glaring digital divides: David Richards

Child at home having remote school on laptop computer. Picture: Adobe Stock

'Four in 10 schools' in need of more digital devices to help children's learning

Office working looks set to change.

How Yorkshire businesses intend to return to the offices this year

How can young people from Yorkshire be better prepared for the future in an era of digital technology and automation?

Tech talent and my academy’s new mission over digital skills – David Richards

David Richards said: “Education should be the foundation of regeneration and EyUp will help individuals realise their potential and spread success across our communities."

Tech entrepreneur David Richards looking to boost number of software developers

David Richards: "WANdisco is uniquely positioned to enable the next generation of machine learning and artificial intelligence in the cloud."

WANdisco sees revenue dip but Sheffield firm remains confident about year ahead

What will be Covid's impact on the future of education and those without digital access?

Laptops for kids; my Northern task force to transform learning – David Richards

David Richards

WANdisco secures major strategic partnership

David Richards, chief executive and chairman of WANdisco

WANdisco set for big expansion following £32m fundraising

Home schooling has been a challenge for many families.

Home schooling and how parents respect teachers even more – The Yorkshire Post s...

Athelstan Primary School assistant headteacher James Mills with Castro Hart-Richards and Vikki Hart with a device donated by Laptops for Kids in Sheffield.

Seven thousand child-friendly laptops for South Yorkshire to end digital divide

The pandemic has exposed the deep inequalities in society says David Richards, who devised the campaign to ensure no child misses out on access to education.

Laptop for school children campaign to work with Dell Technologies

Chris Rea, managing director of AESSEAL plc, which has donated £400,000 to provide laptops for children

Rotherham manufacturing firm donate £400,000 to provide laptops for children

David Richards has helped pioneer the Laptops For Kids scheme in Sheffield that ensures pupils such as Castro Hart-Richards, pictured with his mother Vikki Hart and Athelstan Primary School assistant headteacher James Mills.

Why failure to equip school children with technology would be economic arson - I...

Not all children can take part in online lessons.

Gavin Williamson’s record of failure on school laptops – The Yorkshire Post says

David Richards, CEO of WANdisco, says the Government failed to learn lessons from the first lockdown and ensure enough laptops for school children to be able to learn from home.

Government's lack of preparation on laptops for school children is 'unforgivable...

David Richards: "We have entered the 2021 financial year with strong momentum".

Sheffield data firm WANdisco expects $35m in revenue for 2021