Richard Kreuter
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Kreuter is a seasoned technologist and executive with 18 years of experience scaling engineering, professional services, and customer success organizations at MongoDB and other tech companies. He progressed from hands-on systems and compiler work—contributing build and test robustness to the well-known SBCL Common Lisp project—to leading global field engineering and professional services teams and serving as Chief Customer Officer. Comfortable at the intersection of product, sales, and engineering, he has repeatedly translated field insights into product direction and go-to-market motion. A practical engineer who has shipped CI, packaging, and performance improvements early in his career, he combines that operational rigor with executive-level customer and partner engagement. Based in New York, he has a foundation in philosophy and mathematics that informs clear, strategic thinking about complex technical and organizational tradeoffs. Known for bridging low-level technical fixes and high-level strategy, he thrives on making systems and teams more robust and scalable.
18 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
AA, AS, Philosophy, Mathematics, AA, AS, Philosophy, Mathematics at Rowan College at Burlington CountyBA, Philosophy, Mathematics, BA, Philosophy, Mathematics at Rutgers University
Github Skills (13)
compiler10
sh10
script10
build-system10
compiler-compiler10
shell10
common-lisp10
scripting10
testing9
filesystem8
makefile8
fileio8
file-operations8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
sbcl/sbcl
Feb 2021 - Oct 2022
Mirror of Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL)'s official repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 1 comment in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to improving the build and test processes for Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL). Their work involved refactoring build scripts, modifying build configurations, and ensuring the correct handling of pathnames during compilation and testing. They also made adjustments to the build system's handling of symbolic links and ensured the build process worked correctly even in environments with spaces in the path names. These changes aimed at making the build process more robust and portable.
sbclsteelcompilerlispcommon-lisp
kreuter/sbcl
Oct 2024 - Mar 2025
Mirror of Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL)'s official repository
Contributions:32 pushes, 4 branches in 4 months
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