Rich Schneider
Senior Advisor at Light & Wonder
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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Top SchoolRich Schneider is a seasoned product and engineering executive with over three decades of industry experience and 13 years in senior leadership roles, currently advising Light & Wonder's gaming leadership. He blends hands-on software craftsmanship—contributing to notable open-source projects like js-ipfs and libp2p—with strategic product leadership as a former Chief Product Officer at Aristocrat and Light & Wonder. Rich has deep expertise in distributed systems, cryptographic key management, and devops tooling, demonstrated by contributions that improved interoperability and test infrastructure in prominent JavaScript networking projects. Known for translating complex technical challenges into pragmatic product outcomes, he has repeatedly stepped into interim and executive roles to stabilize and advance organizations. Based in Las Vegas, he brings a rare combination of legacy systems knowledge (dating back to early computing) and modern open-source practice, reflected in a GitHub tagline that hints at a lifelong passion for pushing bits.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Engineering, Bachelor of Science Engineering at University of Nevada-Las Vegas
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Github Skills (62)
git10
filesystem10
javascript10
media-queries10
rails-i18n10
electron10
apidoc10
netstack10
jes10
testing10
css10
net10
key-management10
ipfs10
dotnet10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ipfs/js-ipfs
Nov 2017 - Feb 2018
IPFS implementation in JavaScript
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:37 commits, 15 PRs, 59 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Rich contributed significantly to the JavaScript IPFS implementation, with a focus on enhancing interoperability, particularly for Windows systems. They worked on a variety of tasks, including core feature development, debugging, and test adjustments, as evidenced by their contributions to the pubsub, file management, and key management APIs. The user also demonstrated involvement in setting up and maintaining test infrastructure, indicating a broad understanding of the project's codebase.
ipfsjavascriptjs-ipfslibp2ppeer-to-peer
libp2p/js-libp2p
Dec 2017 - Jan 2018
A JavaScript Implementation of libp2p networking stack.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:28 commits, 2 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Rich primarily focused on refactoring and improving the codebase. They implemented and maintained key management functionalities, including key creation, import, export, and renaming. Significant changes involved migrating the project from node-forge to libp2p-crypto for cryptographic operations, and refactoring the CMS functionalities. Their contributions aimed at enhancing security and streamlining the key management process within the libp2p networking stack.
javascriptlibp2pnetworkingipfsjs-ipfs
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