ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP / SELECTED WORK
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I’m Rick Getz. I brought hands-on engineering leadership to federal legacy-to-cloud development, product engineering, and AI systems.
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API REWRITE
Python to Go
I rewrote one service in one weekend. Costs fell 60%, with more than $1M saved across DSP/SSP APIs over the following year.
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CTO / PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Contactless polygraph
As CTO, I built and refined a contactless polygraph with DoD/DIU evaluation and feedback.
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RESEARCH AUTOMATION
Research automation
I automated a research workflow in CIA operations that saved hundreds of thousands of hours of human effort.
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SEARCH SYSTEMS
Less duplicate work
I added bounded caching and shared execution for concurrent search requests.
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ASYNC PROCESSING
Transcription that handled the edges
I worked across chunking, overlap deduplication, and queue failure handling.
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DEVELOPER TOOLS
Kept local setups in sync
I added inspection and repair for managed AI tooling while preserving local overrides.
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CONTEXTUAL SYSTEMS
Context across every medium
I built contextual analysis and audience creation systems across text, video, images and audio.
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PRODUCT / BUSINESS ADVISORY
Product & business advisory
I advised an independent art business on product focus and sales planning. Its quarterly earnings forecast increased threefold after adopting the plan.
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01 / 08
The code and the team both matter.
I worked across architecture, delivery, and engineering leadership. I focused on clear decisions, practical validation, and systems people could keep working on after the first release.
How I work