Richard Goedeken
VP Software Engineering at FotoKem
Burbank, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Goedeken is a VP of Software Engineering with 18 years of experience specializing in image and video processing, high-performance computing, and multimedia systems. He has progressed from systems engineering to technical leadership roles at FotoKem and Technicolor, blending deep C/C++ and SIMD assembly expertise with GPU acceleration and 3D graphics knowledge. Richard drives architecture and delivery across compression, signal processing, and multimedia container stacks while still contributing hands-on fixes—evidenced by open-source work improving build tooling and memory management for the Mupen64Plus core. Based in Burbank, he pairs a dual BS in Computer and Electrical Engineering from Iowa State with a practical knack for squeezing performance out of constrained media pipelines. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic, performance-first solutions that bridge low-level optimization and product-ready systems.
18 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Engineering, BS, Computer Engineering at Iowa State University
Github Skills (9)
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c1710
sh10
script10
shell10
c1110
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scripting10
build-system9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mupen64plus/mupen64plus-core
Feb 2014 - Jan 2023
Core module of the Mupen64Plus project
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 10 reviews, 353 commits in 9 years
Contributions summary:Richard primarily focused on improving the build and installation scripts for the Mupen64Plus core module. They updated the build process to incorporate new files related to the console UI, including desktop and icon files. Additionally, the user fixed a memory leak within the configuration code. They also removed and replaced a cheat file and improved the speed limiter.
wxwidgetsromn64core-moduleapple2
mupen64plus/mupen64plus-rsp-z64
Jul 2014 - Jul 2022
Low-level RSP processor plugin for the Mupen64Plus v2.0 project. This is based on Ziggy's Z64 plugin.
Contributions:2 releases, 12 commits, 11 PRs in 8 years 1 month
ziggyn64rspemulationmupen64plus
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