Richard McSharry

Richard McSharry

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ABOUT ME
CTO / Chief Engineer & Code Monkey (React, Angular, Rails, Node)
CTO / Chief Engineer & Code Monkey (React, Angular, Rails, Node)

I have designed and built complex software platforms and applications, from mobile to blockchain to enterprise systems spanning the globe.

For example:

2022-23 I'm the interim CTO of a social media startup with 10m MAU (monthly active users) and I was hired to lay the foundation to scale the architecture, the team and the processes to grow 10x.

2019 The family that owns BMW hired me to design, build and hire a team to implement a private wealth management platform.

I rescued Chase Bank's Y2K project from failure across 40 countries in Asia.

A project I spear-headed saved UBS Inv. Bank several hundred million GBP in bad bonus payouts the year it went live...and continued to save money every year after, as it became a core bank system.

A mobile app for early years eduction that I built won national press recognition and research awards from Oxford University.

I am an internationally experienced Architect, Leader and Full Stack Software Engineer.

http://www.richardmcsharry.com

English
London (+00:00)
Joined September 2016
EXPERTISE
35 years experience
Writing software my whole life, coding apps in over 20 different languages and frameworks and still counting
Writing software my whole life, coding apps in over 20 different languages and frameworks and still counting
10 years experience | 1 endorsement
All versions of Angular I have several SaaS apps built with Angular on the frontend
All versions of Angular I have several SaaS apps built with Angular on the frontend
4 years experience | 2 endorsements
Head of Software Development for an international React team building a FinTech platform in Frankfurt, Germany Lead React developer on a ...
Head of Software Development for an international React team building a FinTech platform in Frankfurt, Germany Lead React developer on a Blockchain Private Equity platform in NYC
Next.jsRedux
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Next.jsRedux
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8 years experience | 4 endorsements
I have been involved in a number of Rails projects both large and small but lately have fallen in love with crafting rails apis using AMS...
I have been involved in a number of Rails projects both large and small but lately have fallen in love with crafting rails apis using AMS and the JSON-API spec.
8 years experience | 2 endorsements
Used as part of the RoR framework, but I like to test my raw ruby skills on Codewarz
Used as part of the RoR framework, but I like to test my raw ruby skills on Codewarz
20 years experience
I rely heavily on Bootstrap, so outside of that I would probably hit some walls.
I rely heavily on Bootstrap, so outside of that I would probably hit some walls.
30 years experience | 6 endorsements
I understand RDBMS like Dumbledore understands magic. I can tune most SQL to make it faster. I understand joins, table scans, TNF, page t...
I understand RDBMS like Dumbledore understands magic. I can tune most SQL to make it faster. I understand joins, table scans, TNF, page tables, indexes, constraints, triggers, transactions, stored procs, views, functions, replication, failovers, clustering, mirroring, reporting, BI/analytics, data warehousing/olap. I've used a number of SQL databases and some NoSQL (like MongoDB and Redis) so my DB tech knowledge is quite broad in terms of which databases I've used. My strongest areas are SQL-Server, Postgres and designing databases, but also writing raw SQL.

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0
(10 reviews)
Nich DeCapio
Nich DeCapio
March 2022
Always patient and always so knowledgeable
Nich DeCapio
Nich DeCapio
February 2022
A very involved and caring mentor
Nich DeCapio
Nich DeCapio
February 2022
Just fantastic to learn from
Nich DeCapio
Nich DeCapio
February 2022
A+ as always
Nich DeCapio
Nich DeCapio
January 2022
Really knowledgable, patient, great to chat with and learn from
Francesco Jonus
Francesco Jonus
December 2020
Very good, as always!
Francesco Jonus
Francesco Jonus
October 2020
Very good teacher/mentor, I decided to hire him for several lessons!
msc_cdr
msc_cdr
January 2017
Richard was patient, friendly, knowledgable and guided me towards accomplishing what I sought out to accomplish. Extremely satisfied with the session. I ended up learning more than I had initially anticipated. Expectations exceeded.
Julio Plasencia
Julio Plasencia
January 2017
Richard was the last resort after spending days trying to figure out an Angular 2 problem. He was able to walk me through a solution in under an hour. He was also very responsive when I first reached out and we were able to start the session within a few minutes. He's very knowledgeable and an excellent teacher. Thank you, Richard!
Alex W
Alex W
December 2016
Great help, straight to the point and explained everything very well. Will absolutely be working together in the future!
SOCIAL PRESENCE
GitHub
fe-winner
Code example of stripe checkout in Angular components and services
TypeScript
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Stack Overflow
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EMPLOYMENTS
CTO of several startups
N/A
2016-01-01-Present
Help and advice start ups on Architectural Strategy Review Code, write tests and code, design SaaS products, build teams Working in Ruby...
Help and advice start ups on Architectural Strategy Review Code, write tests and code, design SaaS products, build teams Working in Ruby On Rails, EmbersJS, Angular2, learning Scala, ML/AI and FP
HTML/CSS
Heroku
Ember.js
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HTML/CSS
Heroku
Ember.js
Rails 5
Angular 4
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Consultant (FE Lead)
TriplePointLiquidity
2020-10-01-2022-02-01
Leading the Frontend team, I worked daily with the VP of Engineering, Design and Product to help design and build a top-tier blockchain-b...
Leading the Frontend team, I worked daily with the VP of Engineering, Design and Product to help design and build a top-tier blockchain-based Private Equity platform, backed by some of the worlds largest Fund Managers.
Node.js
MongoDB
Mongoose
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Node.js
MongoDB
Mongoose
React
Redux
Loopback
Next.js
Hyperledger Fabric
RESTful API
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Head Of Software Development
Harald Quandt Trust (owners of BMW)
2019-03-01-2020-03-01
Responsible for building a new Digital Division to transform the company for 21st Century, designing and building a Private Equity manage...
Responsible for building a new Digital Division to transform the company for 21st Century, designing and building a Private Equity management platform for managing billions of AUM.
Ruby on Rails
Angular
PostgreSQL
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Ruby on Rails
Angular
PostgreSQL
Bootstrap
Docker
React
Jest
Kubernetes
Cypress
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PROJECTS
CheckWizView Project
2019
SaaS app aimed at laywers for helping wtih case management
SaaS app aimed at laywers for helping wtih case management
Ruby on Rails
Angular
Rails 5
Ruby on Rails
Angular
Rails 5