Trading floors to family wrists.

"Rick has always been an advocate for more user testing. This is a critical part of the design process and has always proven useful when incorporated into the Family project. The team has had great success when testing new features and the design has always improved after receiving user feedback."

"Throughout 2019 Rick has taken on more of a leading role within the design team as well as cross functional teams. He is well respected for his collaborative and thorough work style, his knowledge, and thoughtfulness. He is always on top of things and frequently suggests improvements proactively. Rick has helped business partners to better understand and adopt a user-centered, data-driven product development approach. Rick also helped to develop and socialize a more effective and efficient product development process to improve collaboration and efficiency. He managed through challenging times when the team was drastically understaffed by taking on more responsibilities. He was always willing to jump in and help where needed."

"Rick is a reliable and participating team member. He relentlessly negotiates with our IT partners to provide the best experience. He always has his eye on the customer. As a CX team member, he is very dedicated to the best customer experience. His familiarity with the equipment and networks enabled him to evaluate all outcomes. He also looked at competition to arrive at the best course for VZW."

"He was readily available to his cross-functional team. Whenever anyone on the team had questions, he was there to answer them. He delivered designs across all digital platforms and communicated them in a constructive way that was easily understandable to align with the requirements/user stories being delivered to IT. He stays on top of his deliveries. Also, the format & file structure for final designs uploaded to Zeplin simplified the process & made it easy to locate specific screens."

"From day 1 Rick stepped in and blended in very nicely with the culture of our team. He has been a huge asset since he started. In little time, it became clear that Rick is fearless with taking on new projects. He excels at taking on a chaotic and daunting task… organizing it and making it happen."

"Rick took it up on himself to spread his knowledge of the Axure system to the entire team. Rick was not asked to do this.. he took it upon himself to improve our team's process. Rick held 2 sessions that were open to the entire team to train them on tips and tricks in the program. This showed Rick's dedication to better the team and use the tools to their full capacity to make our work easier and more streamlined."

"A project that deserves specific recognition is Rick's dedication to developing a 'best-in-class' Customer Journey for the upcoming 5G Initial / Full Commercial Launch. This initial /full launch is so valuable to the future of Verizon. Rick worked very hard in little time to take an existing 4G Home Fusion Customer Journey document and modify for our 5G initial / full rollout. This required Rick to come up to speed quickly on both products and work over the 2017 holiday season to meet the aggressive deliverable date."

"I worked with Rick at EBS BrokerTec for approximately 4 years. Rick has always impressed me with his level of professionalism. He is always looking to improve upon his own knowledge by educating himself with the most recent trends in his field. With his various knowledge and creativity he constructs intuitive clear designs. He is relentless in creating the proper interface for the end user, he will ask many pertinent questions and ensure end users are providing valuable input. Rick has been a key contributor into EBS BrokerTec new front end which is highly intuitive and on the forefront of trading interfaces. He is a key contributor to the success of new products. He will be a key contributor to the success of any organization in need of a highly skilled user interface expert."

"Rick is a talented and creative UX resource. He develops and challenges ideas and is always passionate about his work. Rick is an asset in every team and works extremely well collaborating both with business and technology personnel as required. I have no hesitation in recommending Rick."

"I have had the pleasure of working with Rick on several major initiatives. His creativity and innovative spirit is matched by his professionalism and dedication to get projects completed. He has the ability to work closely with the business heads to translate their requirements into a workable blueprint for the development leads to implement. One of Rick's best attributes is attention to detail, even while working on an aggressive timetable for delivery. His work ethic and experience would make an excellent asset to any organization."

"I have seen some of Rick's outstanding design work at EBS. He did a fantastic job on several strategic, time challenged product design efforts and some of them involved new, ground breaking experience in foreign exchange trading systems. He has excellent skills and knowledge in user interfaces, prototype designing for various forms of application delivery including high performing web apps. I have seen his work first hand, top notch!! He strives for the best."

"Rick reported into me on a portal strategy project for a large financial services firm. During this engagement, he was required to stretch beyond his normal site design role, to one in which he needed to develop and communicate a set of usability recommendations to a business audience. I was quite impressed by Rick's ability to grow into this broader consultative role, and his willingness to seek out, internalize and apply constructive feedback. This is indicative of Rick's strong desire to continuously learn and grow professionally."

"I worked with Rick at iNautix/Pershing/Bank of New York Mellon over several years. We have worked together on several projects, including the integration of Apple and Windows networks. Rick is a very enthusiastic technologist and it shows in his work. He is a team player and his positive attitude made him a welcomed member on any project team. He was also a well respected member of the design team for his technical and organizational skills. It is my pleasure to recommend Rick."

"Rick was a key user experience contributor and valued collaborator on our project team. He successfully balanced innovation and UX best practices while meeting the requirements of the client. Rick is just an all around great team member."

"I had the pleasure of working with Rick at LDS. He is a very detail oriented person strict to notice on details conforming to the UX best practices, a huge requirement for his profession. He is amiable and easy to work with. I have seen him work on a project with due diligence working beyond what is required of him making sure that the specs of the project and the deadline are met ahead of time. I definitely recommend him. He will be a valuable asset to any corporate organization."

"While I only worked with Rick for a short while, it was evident that he has a unique combination of deep-rooted technical, analytical and usability/user experience design skills that I, as a project manager, do not often see in a single project team member."

"Rick can readily analyze business requirements, interpret user experience requirements, overlay respective best practices and subsequently recommend a design and determine its techincal feasibility. His usability experience is also advantageous in that he, alone, can plan and conduct user-based design validations (one-on-one, focus group, etc.), and subsequently recommend remediation solutions."

"Rick also has a warm, friendly personality that clients and colleagues will feel comfortable with in a working environment."

"Rick is a detail-oriented user experience expert, but he does not lose sight of the big picture where business needs are concerned. He knows his experience method and when to apply them. I know his collaborative approach to design—involving clients in the design process—won him the respect of many a client. He's a first-rate professional, who takes his work seriously, but also prizes the interpersonal relationships that help get the work done. I'd be thrilled to work with him again."

"I had the pleasure of working with Rick on a SharePoint project where Rick did a significant part of the user experience design. It was a tough job because he replaced someone who had bounced off the project without notice and Rick had to pick up where the other designer had left off. I was amazed at the speed at which Rick came up to speed and the fluency with which he blended his own ideas with the current flow of the project. Rick is a very talented guy. On top of that, Rick is a total professional. I saw him work with some very difficult people and always with a smile and in a very professional manner. It would be a pleasure to work with Rick again and were I in a position to hire a User Experience Senior level or team lead, Rick would be at the top of my list."

"Rick is a talented, dependable and highly professional graphic designer and web developer. As Skyworks' first Art Director, his work was instrumental in building relationships with many early Fortune 500 clients. I would not hesitate to hire Rick again. He's a class act."

"I've worked with Rick Hollandsworth for many years at Pershing. I found him to be an exceptionally talented and driven co-worker."

"I would strongly recommend Rick to any organization. He is an honest worker and would be a great asset to anyone's team."

"This memo is to recommend Rick Hollandsworth as an employee to your organization. I was the Vice President of Training for the Pershing Technology Group and have worked with Rick on Multimedia projects. Rick assisted the training department with the many elearning initiatives. He is very talented and creative which helped us to deliver the media to the clients quickly and accurately. He was great to work with and met his deadlines timely."

"Rick is a "self-starter" and is highly motivated to achieve his goals. I am always impressed with Rick's integrity, responsibility and dependability. He has a positive attitude and always displays a generous level of excitement in all endeavors, even under the most difficult or stressful situations."

"Rick has strong inter-personal skills in developing business relationships with internal IT groups, Vendors and Business Managers. He is a team player and can bring energy to the group to get the most difficult tasks done."

"Please accept this note as the highest recommendation for Rick. He will be an asset to your department and organization."

"Rick and I work in partnership to cater to businesses with UI needs. He is a very talented individual and a very good team-mate. He has set the bar high for perfection and always shoots for the best UI solution. He uses his previous experience in the UI domain in a perfect situation. He has an abundance of innovative ideas to handle various situations. He has been very helpful and positive. We have been a successful partnership in terms of work distribution, problem solving, and discussing design solutions and taking decisions on UI standards. Besides, I do want to mention that he is a very good human being, kind and warm hearted."

"I have worked with Rick Hollandsworth over 6 years at Pershing. He is very well organized, produces genuine creativeness in his designs, consistently demonstrates the ability to remain focused, and maintains utmost professionalism under tightest deadlines. He is a true assets to any group that he joins."

"I worked with Rick on many projects over the years. Rick worked as a visual and multimedia designer. I found that Rick's abilities extend to many aspects of multimedia design, including visual elements, digital sythensis, transformations and blending of different media, etc. Rick helped produce training materials, web site designs, and also helped with overall branding strategy. It's been great working with him."

"Rick worked on our User Experience Team within the Business Strategy division and I had the pleasure of working with Rick for 6 months. During this time, he was a dependable team member who contributed innovative ideas and used sound design practices."

"He was always cheerful and willing to assist with any task. In addition, Rick was motivated and interested in learning."

"I would not hesitate to recommend Rick as a User Experience Professional."