Richard Hendriks

Programmer

Summary

Richard hails from Tulsa. He has earned degrees from the University of Oklahoma and Stanford. (Go Sooners and Cardinal!) Before starting Pied Piper, he worked for Hooli as a part time software developer. While his work focuses on applied information theory, mostly optimizing lossless compression schema of both the length-limited and adaptive variants, his non-work interests range widely, everything from quantum computing to chaos theory. He could tell you about it, but THAT would NOT be a “length-limited” conversation!

Experience

December 2013 - December 2014

Awesome compression company

CEO/President

Pied Piper is a multi-platform technology based on a proprietary universal compression algorithm that has consistently fielded high Weisman Scores™ that are not merely competitive, but approach the theoretical limit of lossless compression.

  • Build an algorithm for artist to detect if their music was violating copy right infringement laws
  • Successfully won Techcrunch Disrupt
  • Optimized an algorithm that holds the current world record for Weisman Scores

Open Source Projects

Miss Direction ∙ http://missdirection.example.com

August 2016 - August 2016

A mapping engine that misguides you

GoogleMaps
Chrome Extension
Javascript
  • Won award at AIHacks 2016
  • Built by all women team of newbie programmers
  • Using modern technologies such as GoogleMaps, Chrome Extension and Javascript

Education

University of Oklahoma

June 2011 - January 2014

Bachelor Information Technology

  • DB1101 - Basic SQL
  • CS2011 - Java Introduction

Volunteer

CoderDojo

January 2012 - January 2013
Teacher

Global movement of free coding clubs for young people.

  • Awarded 'Teacher of the Month'

Awards

Digital Compression Pioneer Award

Techcrunch

There is no spoon.

Publications

Video compression for 3d media

October 2014
Hooli

Innovative middle-out compression algorithm that changes the way we store data.

References

It is my pleasure to recommend Richard, his performance working as a consultant for Main St. Company proved that he will be a valuable addition to any company.
— Erlich Bachman