Summary
Richard Orilla is a pragmatic software leader with 11 years of experience building analytics-driven back-end systems and machine learning middleware, currently leading the Analytics team at inriver. He blends C/C++/C# and modern languages like Python, Rust and JavaScript with deep SQL/NoSQL database expertise to deliver robust, scalable solutions and data warehouses. Richard has a strong track record of turning research into production—shipping neural-network–based text and image similarity tools, custom OCR adapters and data importers that improved validation and cost metrics. He mentors teams, maintains enterprise infrastructure (NGINX, custom servers) and bridges research, product and operations to make systems smarter and more efficient. Based in the Philippines, he also has academic roots as a college instructor and a master’s in computer science, which informs his emphasis on reproducible, measurable analytics.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at De La Salle University
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Mindanao
English, Tagalog, Bisaya