RichardĀ V
Principle Engineer at Idwal
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorRichard V is a Principal Engineer based in Cardiff with three decades of experience designing resilient systems that operate reliably in hostile environments. Currently leading engineering at Idwal and founder of Purple Monkey Collective, he blends hands-on architecture with entrepreneurial initiative to solve tough reliability and security challenges. Though his LinkedIn emphasizes 30+ years of systems work, his listed professional experience spans over a decade of steady leadership and product delivery, signaling deep practical expertise rather than academic pedigree. He is known for pragmatic problem-solving and for building durable, auditable systems that prioritize uptime and defense-in-depth.
11 years of coding experience
English, German
Github Skills (24)
markdown10
obsidian10
census9
datasets9
cve9
vulnerabilities9
celery8
vulnerability-assessment8
javascript8
browser-extension7
vulnerability-detection7
dsa-algorithm7
task-queue7
names7
go6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
rvaughan/weather-data
Jun 2020 - Jan 2023
Contributions:2282 commits, 8 pushes in 2 years 7 months
rvaughan/coronavirus-data
May 2020 - Mar 2022
All the raw datasets I can find for Coronavirus data.
Contributions:426 commits, 4 PRs, 285 pushes in 1 year 10 months
datasetraw-datasetsscrapingweb-scrapingdatasets
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