Richard Calloway
Co-founder and CEO. Started Deftridge after years of watching skilled people with full-time jobs turn down good side work because nobody could show the rate up front.

- [email protected]
- Based in
- Atlanta, United States
- Team
- Leadership
- On the team since
- 2025
What Richard handles
Started Deftridge after years of watching skilled people with full-time jobs turn down good side work because nobody could show the rate up front.
Company strategy, client partnerships.
Works with every team on this page.
[email protected] and from no other address.
Money, a password or an identity document in a chat message.
How to work with Richard
Write with the details
E-mail Richard at [email protected] or use the contact form, with the task or invoice number if you have one.
A reply in writing
You get an answer in writing within one working day, in your time zone.
One thread
The conversation stays in one thread, so nobody asks you the same thing twice.
Escalate if it stalls
If a request is stuck, reply to the thread and a team head picks it up the same day.
Did someone use Richard's name?
Genuine mail from Richard arrives from [email protected] and from no other address. Nobody here asks for money, a password or bank details, or pushes for a quick answer. In doubt, run the sender through our checker.
The other leaders
Six people lead Deftridge.
Common questions
How to check that a message is really from Richard, what a recruiter can and cannot ask for, and what happens after the first e-mail: Verify a sender, Our promise and How it works.