Richard Lyle Currier Jr. passed away together with his wife, Sandra Levario Currier, on May 7th, 2019 in Brookhaven, Georgia at the age of 73.

Richard is survived by his sons, Richard (Rick) Lyle Currier III and Chase Andrew Currier of Denver, CO, as well as Rick’s wife Heather Johanna Currier and Richard’s two grandchildren, Johanna Josephine Currier (age 2) and Richard Lyle Currier IV (Lyle, age 1). He is preceded in death by his parents, Richard and Dorothy Currier, and stepmother Mary Currier.

Richard was born on July 29, 1945 in Camden, NJ, but grew up and spent his childhood in Yardley, PA. He graduated from Penn State in 1967 with a degree in Economics, becoming a software engineer. He fathered his children with Carol Murphy Currier, married in 1983 in San Francisco. He later remarried to Sandra Levario Currier in 1997 in Park City, UT.

Richard was an accomplished technology marketing guru, helping turn around and grow companies that are well-known and established today. He worked for several companies during his career, including Walker Interactive and InterSystems, as well as his own consulting firm for over 25 years. Early in his career, Richard worked for NASA at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the Apollo missions, providing software communications to the astronauts. After his time at NASA, Richard worked on software communication for the White House during the Nixon administration. Later in his established consulting career, Richard became a guest lecturer at Oxford University and Georgia Tech, as well provided pro bono consulting for the Women in Technology (WIT) organization.

A man of many quirks, Richard was tremendously generous and loved conversations with friends, family, and colleagues over large shared dinners. He was passionate about good food and good wine; specifically, caviar and Malbec. Friends describe him as an intelligent man, a rare man, and one of the best in the tech industry. Richard had two dogs, a Great Pyrenees named Bowser and a Yellow Lab named Bentley. One of his favorite pastimes was taking his dogs for drives around town and sitting them out front of Starbucks to enjoy a cappuccino while the dogs greeted patrons.

At Richard’s request, a funeral will not be held. In lieu of a formal service, his family requests that friends, family and colleagues gather over Richard’s favorite cuisine, Neighborhood Italian, where memories can be shared and stories told. Alternatively, donations in his memory can be made to Great Pyrenes Rescue of Atlanta or Atlanta Lab Rescue, where Richard adopted his beloved Bowser and Bentley. Condolences can be made at his Memorial Page.