Source: https://deftridge.com/team/richard-calloway/ Title: Richard Calloway, Co-founder and CEO | Deftridge Summary: Richard Calloway, Co-founder and CEO at Deftridge, based in Atlanta, United States. Writes only from richard.calloway@deftridge.com. Leadership # 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. - **E-mail** [richard.calloway@deftridge.com](mailto:richard.calloway@deftridge.com) - **Based in** Atlanta, United States - **Team** Leadership - **On the team since** 2025 About Richard ## 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. Responsible for Company strategy, client partnerships. Team Works with every team on this page. Writes from richard.calloway@deftridge.com and from no other address. Never asks for Money, a password or an identity document in a chat message. How it works ## How to work with Richard ### Write with the details E-mail Richard at richard.calloway@deftridge.com 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. Stay safe ## Did someone use Richard's name? Genuine mail from Richard arrives from **richard.calloway@deftridge.com** 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. Colleagues ## The other leaders Six people lead Deftridge. - [Catherine Doyle Head of Rates and Data](https://deftridge.com/team/catherine-doyle/) - [Daniel Okafor Chief Recruiting Officer](https://deftridge.com/team/daniel-okafor/) - [Helena Voss Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer](https://deftridge.com/team/helena-voss/) - [Nina Castellanos Head of Trust and Safety](https://deftridge.com/team/nina-castellanos/) - [Peter Lindgren Head of Client Services](https://deftridge.com/team/peter-lindgren/) [Meet all 120 people](https://deftridge.com/team/#dt-dir) ## 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](https://deftridge.com/verify/), [Our promise](https://deftridge.com/our-promise/) and [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/). ## Useful next steps - [Meet the team](https://deftridge.com/team/) - [Verify a sender](https://deftridge.com/verify/) - [Our promise](https://deftridge.com/our-promise/) - [Free Rate Report](https://deftridge.com/rate-report/)