Richard K. Miller - Richard K Miller

I’m a product-focused CTO and full-stack engineer. I build with Ruby on Rails, React, TypeScript, Tailwind, PostgreSQL, DevOps, Jobs to Be Done, Customer Development, and Shape Up.

I’m currently building a genealogy research product called Goldie May, helping genealogists do more research in less time.

I was the chief technology officer at Mocavo.com, a venture-backed family history company in Boulder, CO, which was acquired by Findmypast. I previously worked at FamilyLink.com, where we developed a top-5 Facebook application (“We’re Related”), and at More Good Foundation.

I’ve been quoted or mentioned on Wired.com, InformationWeek.com, Lifehacker.com, Entrepreneur.com, Seth Godin’s blog, and Smashing Magazine. I blog occasionally here.

I grew up in Las Vegas. I began computer programming at age 12 when my grandfather gave us his IBM PC and I read the DOS and BASIC manuals cover to cover. Later my parents sent away for the Power C compiler, and I began programming in C. I frequently walked to Radio Shack to buy transistors, diodes, and other odds-and-ends to build and play with. In high school, I had a brief stint at not being a full-time nerd. I was a missionary in Brazil for two years. I graduated from Brigham Young University with a BS in Business Management.