Summary: <br> Richard was co-founder and CEO of his previous company, nearForm, where he helped take the company from scratch to an annual turnover of €17 million. Previously, he was CTO of FeedHenry, a mobile application platform provider that was acquired by RedHat for €63.5m in 2014.<br> <br> For several years, Richard has been an active member and influencer of the open source software (OSS) community. He is the creator and maintainer of senecajs.org, a microservices framework for Node.js. Richard is also the host of the monthly Dublin Microservices meetup in Ireland.<br> <br> Richard writes a weekly column in the Irish Independent newspaper. His latest book, The Tao of Microservices, will be published by Manning in 2018.<br> <br> <br> Links:<br> <a href="https://twitter.com/rjrodger">https://twitter.com/rjrodger</a><br> <a href="https://www.voxgig.com/">https://www.voxgig.com/</a><br> <a href="https://www.manning.com/books/the-tao-of-microservices">https://www.manning.com/books/the-tao-of-microservices</a><br> <br> <br> "Tempting Time" by <a href="http://www.animalsasleaders.org/">Animals As Leaders</a> used with permissions - All Rights Reserved<br> <br> <br> × Subscribe now! Never miss a post, <a href="http://subscribebyemail.com/6figuredev.com/feed/podcast/">subscribe to The 6 Figure Developer Podcast!</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Are you interested in being a guest on The 6 Figure Developer Podcast? <a href="https://calendly.com/6figuredev/podcast">Click here to check availability!</a><br> <br> <br>
