Who is Richard Rugg?
Richard was born in a small town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan during the winter of '89. From a young age, he became infatuated with technology, always tinkering and toying, breaking and fixing, yearning for knowledge and seeking continuous improvement. Always having a deep and burning passion for learning, finding limits and pushing past them; he very quickly became an innovator among his peers.
Founding Rugg Computers in 2004, he quickly became known as the go-to technology expert in his hometown and surrounding area. Founding Intelligent Design Technologies (ID Tech) in 2007, he evolved his business offerings to a full suite for business support and development. Never one to settle, he's since moved on to bigger and better things, most recently founding Acaria Technologies in 2019, employed in positions from Director of IT to Sr. Systems Engineer. Playing the roles of Manager, Supervisor, Coach, Engineer, Technician, Mentor, Student, and most importantly Father and Husband.
With a wide, varying and unique background in Network Technologies, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Cyber Security, Social Psychology, Business and Financial Management, Project Management, Risk & Compliance Management, Network Automation, Programming/Developing, Disaster Recovery/Avoidance/Mitigation, Server Administration, Network Operations, Mentoring and Team Building, Richard seeks to forever learn more and grow. Every day should be a day we learn something new.
Richard currently lives near the Iron Mountain, MI area with his loving Wife Jessica, and their two children Jaxson and Jett. During his free time he enjoys playing guitar, video games, building odd machines, learning new things and general tinkering.
Founding Rugg Computers in 2004, he quickly became known as the go-to technology expert in his hometown and surrounding area. Founding Intelligent Design Technologies (ID Tech) in 2007, he evolved his business offerings to a full suite for business support and development. Never one to settle, he's since moved on to bigger and better things, most recently founding Acaria Technologies in 2019, employed in positions from Director of IT to Sr. Systems Engineer. Playing the roles of Manager, Supervisor, Coach, Engineer, Technician, Mentor, Student, and most importantly Father and Husband.
With a wide, varying and unique background in Network Technologies, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Cyber Security, Social Psychology, Business and Financial Management, Project Management, Risk & Compliance Management, Network Automation, Programming/Developing, Disaster Recovery/Avoidance/Mitigation, Server Administration, Network Operations, Mentoring and Team Building, Richard seeks to forever learn more and grow. Every day should be a day we learn something new.
Richard currently lives near the Iron Mountain, MI area with his loving Wife Jessica, and their two children Jaxson and Jett. During his free time he enjoys playing guitar, video games, building odd machines, learning new things and general tinkering.