Rick Farman
Co-Founder at Superfly
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRick Farman is a veteran entrepreneur and co-founder of Superfly, the creative force behind cultural landmarks like Bonnaroo and Outside Lands, who has spent three decades turning live experiences into scalable business franchises. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he leads business development and strategic partnerships while also co-founding Flymachine and investing across wellness, technology, media and entertainment startups. His portfolio reflects a taste for culture-shaping companies—from immersive tech and NFTs to consumer brands and digital media—revealing an appetite for both creative risk and category-defining bets. Rick pairs hands-on event-building experience with an investor’s eye for product-market fit, often backing ventures aligned with his personal interests in wellness and technology. An early festival innovator who started in grassroots roles (including bartending and camp counseling), he brings practical operational instincts to high-level strategy. Though not primarily visible as an engineer on GitHub, he supports Superfly’s technical footprint as a "machine user" for @SuperFlyTV, signaling engagement with digital and media tooling behind the experiences.
7 years of coding experience
George W Hewlett High SchoolBA, Anthropology, BA, Anthropology at Tulane UniversityCushing Academy
Github Skills (42)
studio10
asynchronous10
crossword10
webos10
javascript10
multithreading10
mahjong10
axis10
dm10
remote-control10
haiku10
user-guide10
automation10
resolver10
lg10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
nrkno/sofie-mos-connection
Jun 2018 - Sep 2021
Sofie MOS Connection: A Part of the Sofie TV Studio Automation System
Contributions:90 commits, 48 pushes, 16 tags in 3 years 3 months
replaysofiesystem-automationopengl3studio
SuperFlyTV/casparcg-state
Jun 2018 - Nov 2020
State resolver (diffing library) for a CasparCG device.
Contributions:71 commits in 2 years 5 months
state-managementsofieresolverdiffingcasparcg
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