Summary
Rick Melucci is a product-focused full-stack engineer and founder with 11 years of experience building AI-powered systems, marketplaces, and developer tooling. A Stanford Symbolic Systems graduate with published research in graph-based prediction and mentorship matching, he combines academic rigor with hands-on product execution—most recently founding Vouch and architecting its full-stack web2.5 marketplace and smart-contract escrow on Optimism. He has a track record of shipping automation that measurably reduces operational cost (e.g., intake and eligibility workflows at Claim Health) and scaling internal platforms for 150+ teams at Goldman Sachs. Rick focuses on agentic systems, browser automation, and making AI/crypto approachable through writing, and uniquely pairs product leadership with technical depth across React/TypeScript, AI agent orchestration, and blockchain infrastructure.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Stuyvesant High School
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Stanford University
English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, French