Richard Girges
Chief Technology Officer at MNTN
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolRichard Girges is a seasoned technology leader and startup founder with 11 years of engineering experience who now serves as CTO of MNTN after successive senior engineering leadership roles there. He co-founded WorkClout (YC W19), raised seed funding, and led an exit and product spinoff, demonstrating both operator and founder instincts alongside hands-on engineering. Richard blends product-focused systems design with practical backend craftsmanship—evident from his open-source work on express-fileupload where he added sanitization, promises, and tests to a widely used middleware. Based in Dallas, he also invests as a managing partner at Ex Machina Ventures, backing seed-stage YC startups and staying plugged into the early-stage ecosystem. Known for moving fluidly between code and strategy, he brings a pragmatic, ship-first mentality to scaling teams and platforms.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
W19, W19 at Y CombinatorBachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science at Thomas Edison State University
English
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Github Skills (18)
javascript10
middleware10
expressjs10
file-upload10
file-handling10
nodejs10
testing9
focus9
html9
tomcat6
flowtype6
react6
php6
amazon-ec26
css6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
richardgirges/express-fileupload
Jul 2015 - May 2022
Simple express file upload middleware that wraps around busboy
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:21 releases, 1 review, 119 commits in 6 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the `express-fileupload` middleware by implementing new features and addressing bugs. They added a `safeFileName` option to sanitize filenames and made the `mv` method's callback optional. Their work included refactoring and updating dependencies, migrating to a more direct Busboy implementation, and adding tests. The user also improved the code's structure and added a promise-based API for moving files.
fileuploadfile-uploadexpressjsupload-filewraps
richardgirges/techtalks
Dec 2016 - Jun 2020
Contributions:7 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
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