# Pete Richards

> Professional Autocompleter

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/peterichards

I like to make things.

My creations include a two-story wooden rotating set, an android application for tracking your exercises at the gym, a django application for listening to your personal music collection with any html5 browser, an arduino PID controller for a sous vide cooking machine, and an internal case management database (think electronic medical records) for a family services agency.  I've also worked on load balancers, identity providers, mail servers, and various network infrastructure projects.

Specialties: Learning new technologies.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Logyx, LLC
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019
Lead developer for NASA's Open MCT telemetry visualization framework and main point of contact for mission customers. Successfully delivered three mission-ready software releases per year to flying missions.

### Technical Lead @ Merchbar - Discover and Buy Merch from your Favorite Bands
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco
Architected and led development of Merchbar's ecommerce web presence, iOS application, core services and APIs, while creating a culture of test- driven continuous deployments to enable stable ecommerce services and daily delivery of new features to end users.

### Developer @ Chute
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014
Led front end development on Chute's self-service tools, digging deep into Backbone and Marionette.  Wrote and tested a custom framework for generating and publishing live media displays while reusing components across projects, contributed to custom executions and analytics for high value projects, and contributed vision and guidance to other projects where necessary.

### Web Developer @ Referly
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Dove in fast and shipped features.  Did lots of front end work; overhauled the collection editing tools and used a lot of Backbone.  Also maintained a Python (Django on Heroku) app on the side.

### Lead Application Developer @ Homeless Prenatal Program
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco, CA

### Systems Analyst @ Homeless Prenatal Program
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012
Organize meetings, gather requirements, write user stories, draw funny pictures on white boards, write apex and continually deliver new features for HPP's custom force.com application.

### System Administrator @ Homeless Prenatal Program
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010
Regularly audit enterprise network, finding and fixing problems as well as documenting network layout and automating regular maintenance tasks.  

Manage network equipment including Cisco catalyst switches, Barracuda filters & VPN, and BSD routers.

Administrate a large, custom Salesforce organization, as well as develop custom solutions using Apex and Visualforce.

### Systems Administrator @ Sarai LLC
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008


## Education
### Organic Chemistry in Theater
Portland State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/petelrichards
- Website: http://www.twitter.com/larkinrichards

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Last updated: 2026-04-05