William Richards is a Software Engineer at Newton Dynamics, a National Instruments Alliance Partner specializing in blue and green technology in coastal Maine and across New England. Prior to helping save the planet by testing (more) environmentally friendly rockets, William spent five years improving pet health by building better lasers for veterinary analyzers at IDEXX Laboratories. He also contributes to Oak AI, an AI Ethics company that enables people to turn their values into concrete action. However, you probably know him through his role organizing the GLA Summit, the annual virtual LabVIEW developer conference. William holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Baylor University, and is currently pursuing a Masters in Computer Science at the Roux Institute at Northeastern University. In everything he does, William aims to enable people around him to make a positive impact in their own lives and in the world around them.