Esben Hardenberg

Richard hails from Tulsa. He has earned degrees from the University of Oklahoma and Stanford. (Go Sooners and Cardinal!) Before starting Pied Piper, he worked for Hooli as a part time software developer. While his work focuses on applied information theory, mostly optimizing lossless compression schema of both the length-limited and adaptive variants, his non-work interests range widely, everything from quantum computing to chaos theory. He could tell you about it, but THAT would NOT be a “length-limited” conversation!

2013-12-01 — 2014-12-01

CEO/President

Pied Piper is a multi-platform technology based on a proprietary universal compression algorithm that has consistently fielded high Weisman Scores™ that are not merely competitive, but approach the theoretical limit of lossless compression.

Highlights

  • Build an algorithm for artist to detect if their music was violating copy right infringement laws
  • Successfully won Techcrunch Disrupt
  • Optimized an algorithm that holds the current world record for Weisman Scores

CoderDojo 2012-01-01 — 2013-01-01

Teacher

Global movement of free coding clubs for young people.

Highlights

  • Awarded 'Teacher of the Month'

University of Oklahoma 2011-06-01 — 2014-01-01

Information Technology
Bachelor

Courses

  • DB1101 - Basic SQL
  • CS2011 - Java Introduction

Digital Compression Pioneer Award

Awarded 2014-11-01
by Techcrunch
There is no spoon.

Video compression for 3d media 2014-10-01

Published by Hooli

Innovative middle-out compression algorithm that changes the way we store data.

Web Development

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Javascript

Compression

  • Mpeg
  • MP4
  • GIF
English
Native speaker

Wildlife

  • Ferrets
  • Unicorns

It is my pleasure to recommend Richard, his performance working as a consultant for Main St. Company proved that he will be a valuable addition to any company.

— Erlich Bachman