About Me
I'm Rich - software engineer, hacker, and creative with a passion for startups and for developing useful apps.
The content on this blog varies widely depending on what I'm working on at the moment... from reverse engineering, to 3D printing, to computer security, and electronics, and more!
To see some of the projects I'm working on, see my projects page. I also publish 3D printing designs which you can download and print.
Startups & Employment
- Veritonic Inc.
- VP of Engineering, (jan 2024+)
- Director of Engineering, (march 2023 - jan 2024)
- Senior Software Engineer, (august 2022 - march 2023)
- Software Engineer (may 2018 - august 2022)
- ABC News — Software Development Intern, (may 2017 - august 2017)
- BeachParking.com — Co-Founder, (july 2015 - april 2017)
- Collegellama/FlipHop — Co-Founder, (september 2014 - may 2016)
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering - University of Connecticut
- Master of Science in Cybersecurity - Quinnipiac University
Technologies I’m Using
A subset of the some of the technologies and systems I’m currently using/have used for various projects:
- Systems Programming: C/C++, Rust, Java, Assembly
- Mobile Apps: React Native, Swift, Fastlane, Objective-C
- Databases: Postgres (SQL), Redis, MongoDB (NoSQL), DuckDB
- Containers: Docker
- Scripting: Python, Node.js / Typescript
- Web / Frontend: Vanilla JS (HTML/CSS/JS), React, Vue.js, NextJS, Astro, WebSockets
- Cloud: AWS: EC2, ECS, RDS, IAM, Route53, Cloudwatch, S3, SQS, Lambda, Kinesis
- Data: Snowflake, AWS Athena, PySpark, EMR
- Messaging: RabbitMQ, Redis
- Operating Systems: Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, macOS
- Infra: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation
Giving Back
I’m a mentor for the Masuk High School Vex Robotics Team.
- 2022 - “Monroe teams shine in VEX Robotics World Championships” from the team’s 2022 trip to the World Championships.
- 2024 - “Masuk Robotics teams punch tickets to World competition in Dallas”
Links
Support this site
I accept cryptocurrency tips to help fund hosting and other content development. To support me and the development of this site, visit this webpage for wallet addresses
Other links
I don’t use or check these services much, but they are accounts I own:
Contact
If you’re contacting me about any open source stuff I’m working on and it’s not sensitive information, please direct your comments to the respective project’s issue tracker. I get way too many emails and may miss yours!
- primary email:
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