Richard Hendriks

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!

Work

CEO/President @ Pied Piper • Palo Alto, CA

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.

Highlights

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

Education

Bachelor, Information Technology @ University of Oklahoma

Score: 4.0

Courses

DB1101 - Basic SQL • CS2011 - Java Introduction

Projects

Miss Direction @ Smoogle

Roles: Team lead, Designer

A mapping engine that misguides you

Highlights

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

GoogleMaps Chrome Extension Javascript

Volunteer

Teacher @ CoderDojo

Global movement of free coding clubs for young people.

Highlights

Awarded 'Teacher of the Month'

Awards

Digital Compression Pioneer Award @ Techcrunch

There is no spoon.

Publications

Video compression for 3d media @ Hooli

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

Languages

English: Native speaker

Skills

Web Development (Master): HTML • CSS • Javascript

Compression (Master): Mpeg • MP4 • GIF

Interests

Wildlife: Ferrets • Unicorns