AVP, Digital Experience Design , Wells Fargo
Richard Charette is currently an Associate Vice President for the Wells Fargo Digital Experience Design (DXD) group and leads the Product Design Community of Practice. He was previously the co-leader of Wells Fargo’s Sales Experience Team responsible for the design of Wells Fargo’s public site including the application and fulfillment experiences of Wells Fargo products. With over 25 years of industry experience, he has lead experience design teams for brands like SAP, Cisco, Tesla, and Microsoft. Richard started his career as a software engineer and founded Equisoft, a company specialized in the design and delivery of life insurance and wealth management solutions. After spending several years leading development teams, he focused his career on the delivery of great experiences by joining exceptional digital agencies like Scient and Organic, and being part of the adventure of Microsoft’s Studio 415 in San Francisco. Richard is a passionate agilist and obsessed with high performing teams. Richard is a true citizen of the world as he spent his youth between Canada and Europe, and worked on 5 different continents. Richard is an accomplished Great Highland bagpipe player, an avid Brazilian jiu-jitsu grappler, and has a passion for learning. He is a graduate from the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and served as an officer with the Canadian Armed Forces.