Richard Muscat
Co-Founder at RegenIntel
Graz, Styria, Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Muscat is a founder and strategist with 12 years of experience blending product design, growth and regenerative entrepreneurship from Graz, Austria. He co-founded multiple ventures and now leads Narwhal Ventures while advising organizations like RegenIntel and WorldEthicForum on sustainable systems and post-growth business models. Early career roles at Automattic and Redgate established his hands-on UX and growth chops, and he has practical front-end open-source contributions to widely used projects such as Automattic’s Jetpack, improving UI, messaging and localization to boost user experience and feature discovery. Richard pairs a technical CS background with an MA in Creativity and Innovation, and recent studies in regenerative systems and post-growth entrepreneurship inform his atypical focus on ethical scaling. He also writes and speaks on degrowth and exnovation topics, signaling a rare combination of startup pragmatism and systems-level critique.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
PGE Programme, Post Growth Entrepreneuer, PGE Programme, Post Growth Entrepreneuer at Nonprofit VenturesFoundation Course, Regenerative and Sustainable Systems, Foundation Course, Regenerative and Sustainable Systems at RegenIntelMaster of Arts - MA, Creativity and Innovation, Master of Arts - MA, Creativity and Innovation at University of Malta
Maltese, English, Italian, French, Spanish, German
Github Skills (7)
wordpress10
javascript10
react10
plugin10
ui-design9
ux-design9
php8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/jetpack
Oct 2014 - Mar 2018
Security, performance, marketing, and design tools — Jetpack is made by WordPress experts to make WP sites safer and faster, and help you grow your traffic.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:63 commits, 30 PRs, 50 pushes in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Jetpack plugin. Their commits focused on modifying user interface elements, including changing text, updating messaging, and adjusting the layout of the connection banner and dashboard widgets. The user also addressed translation functions and implemented design changes to align with user experience guidelines and promote feature discovery, demonstrating an understanding of UI/UX best practices.
jetpacksecuritywordpressphpplugin
richardmuscat/hotplates
Jul 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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