Richard Blight

Director Of Engineering at Ancestry

Richard Blight is an experienced technology leader currently serving as the Director of Engineering at Ancestry since September 2013. Since mid-2017, Richard has spearheaded a significant multi-team, multi-vendor technology transformation for Ancestry's content supply chain business unit. Key accomplishments include managing numerous feature projects, reducing cloud costs by $500K annually, transitioning teams to enhance operational efficiency, and implementing a robust technology strategy. Prior experience includes roles at LexisNexis as a Consulting Software Engineer, Dell Perot Systems as a Senior Software Engineer, and various engineering positions at WordPerfect Corporation, ProModel Corporation, and IBM. Richard holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Brigham Young University and an Associate of Science degree from Brigham Young University - Idaho.

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Ancestry

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Ancestry is the global leader in family history and consumer genomics, harnessing a powerful combination of information, science, and technology to develop new experiences to help everyone, everywhere discover the story of what led to them. Ancestry offers a suite of family history products and services including AncestryDNA, Archives, ProGenealogists, Newspapers.com and Fold3.


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