Richard Smith:  

Life Graduated from Brooklyn College of CUNY in 1967. Went to work for Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. as an Executive Trainee. By 1973, I was managing the 4 New York Plaza office in the Wall St. district. Joined Vanguard National Bank in Hempstead, New York where I served as President & CEO. Moved to California in 1975 and took the same position with Pacific Coast Bank in San Diego. A year later, I changed careers and joined General Dynamics Elec Division and for the next twenty years I served on the staff of three different General Managers overseeing Management Systems Procurement, Marketing. In 1986 my wife and I incorporated Quality Tax and Financial Services Inc.and after retiring from Gen Dynamics in 1995, I went to work full time here. We now have ten employees and 850 clients with a specialty in tax exempt organizations in churches. I also founded and serve as President of RS Systems a software development firm specializing in public transportation software. Our software system for RideShare (Rufus) was in operation in Houston Metro's public transit system for about fifteen years. . My wife Carolyn and I have seven living children (two deceased) and twenty tw0 (as of September 2020) grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. I am the Pastor of Fruit of the Spirit Church of God in Christ which my wife and I founded in 2003. I have been fortunate to have had about forty articles published in newspapers and magazines including Newsday,...Expand for more