Richard Lindeman loves learning. Growing up he earned his Eagle Scout award and high honors in high school. He holds degrees in Electronics Engineering Technology from DeVry University, Business Administration from Keller, and Astrophysics from Arizona State University. He has worked as a senior engineer in the semiconductor industry in Phoenix, Arizona for about 20 years. He now works for manufacturing company in upstate New York working on the next generation of Silicon Carbide semiconductors. He has been on the board of director of a small business and owned his own web design business. Richard loves his family, his church and his community. His wife and his two boys are the center of his life. He loves working on service projects that help people in need. He also loves teaching and has taught scouts, youth groups, and adults many of his favorite topics from space exploration, math, electronics, and chess, to literature, religion, and self-reliance topics.