Richard Girges
InvestorFounderManaging Partner at Ex Machina Ventures · Founder/CTO at WorkClout
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
FoundedWorkClout · YC
About
Richard Girges has held technical leadership positions, including CTO at MNTN and prior work at WorkClout.
Founder/CTO at WorkCloutYC W19
Intro paths
YC
Richard went through Y Combinator (Winter 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Richard can intro founders to WorkClout's investors below.
WorkClout's investors · 4
Co-founders at WorkClout
AP
Arjun PatelFounder/CEO
BT
Bryan TrangFounder
Experience
- MNTNChief Technology Officercurrent2025 — present
- MNTNSenior Vice President, Engineering2024 — 2025
- MNTNVice President, Engineering2022 — 2024
- Ex Machina VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2022 — present
- WorkClout (YC W19)Director, Engineering - Luxury Presence2022
- WorkClout (YC W19)Co-founder & CTO2019 — 2022Greater Los Angeles Area
- Luxury PresenceDirector, Engineering2018Santa Monica, California, United States
- SteelHouseSoftware Engineering Manager2015 — 2018Culver City, California, United States
- Mobile RoadieLead Software Engineer2014 — 2015Beverly Hills, California, United States
- WEVRLead Software Engineer2011 — 2014Venice, California
- Script PipelineSenior Software Engineer2010 — 2011Hollywood, California
- 211 LA COUNTYSoftware Developer2005 — 2010San Gabriel, California, United States
Skills & more
Leadership19Start-ups17Technical Architecture15Software Project Management5Change Management5Team Building5Team Leadership3Web Development73Node.js21JavaScript59MySQL63Unity3D6
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Richard Girges?
- Richard Girges has held technical leadership positions, including CTO at MNTN and prior work at WorkClout.
- Where does Richard Girges work?
- Richard Girges is Founder/CTO of WorkClout and Managing Partner at Ex Machina Ventures.
- What companies did Richard Girges found?
- Richard Girges founded WorkClout.
- Where did Richard Girges go to school?
- Richard Girges studied at Y Combinator (W19); Thomas Edison State University (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science).
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