Rich Randall
Engineering Manager - Google Cloud - Google Kubernetes Engine - Identity
Kirkland, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolRich Randall is an experienced engineering leader with 12+ years in software and a career spanning Microsoft and Google, currently managing Identity for Google Kubernetes Engine within Google Cloud. He has deep expertise in cloud security, identity, and developer tooling—previously leading Azure Key Vault and Azure AD SDK efforts and steering Security Command Center at Google. Rich blends hands-on backend engineering (notably improvements to ADAL token caching and refresh logic) with organizational leadership, focusing on reliable, secure systems at scale. Based in Kirkland, WA, he is comfortable bridging product, platform, and developer ecosystems across large distributed teams. Collected from long-tenured roles dating to Digital Equipment, he brings institutional knowledge of secure authentication and cloud platform operations. He’s as likely to dive into token cache edge cases as he is to align multi-team roadmaps for production-ready cloud services.
12 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science & Mathematics, BS Computer Science & Mathematics at University of Puget Sound
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Github Skills (14)
caching10
javascript10
user-authentication10
authentication10
nodejs10
testing9
azure-active-directory9
azure9
adal6
directory-services6
ios6
iphone6
azure-keyvault6
office3656
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
AzureAD/azure-activedirectory-library-for-nodejs
Mar 2014 - Oct 2015
The code for ADAL Node has been moved to the MSAL.js repo. Please open any issues or PRs at the link below.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 44 commits, 12 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Rich primarily worked on the `cache-driver.js` file, focusing on the caching mechanism of the ADAL library. Their contributions include implementing cache entry replacement, token refresh logic, and incorporating a clock buffer to account for potential time discrepancies. Further commits detail adding client credential caching and updating the handling of refresh tokens, demonstrating a focus on token management and security within the library's core functionality. Additional commits were made to the test suite to better test the cache functionality.
msal-js
RandalliLama/CorpDirectory
Oct 2014 - Jun 2016
Contributions:6 commits, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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