Richard Chung is a founder and software entrepreneur who blends computational mathematics with AI, security, and the metaverse to build scalable, practical systems. As founder of Lockx.io, he engineers secure cloud-based encryption, ephemeral key derivation, and autonomous data management using smart contracts, while enabling real-time analysis through a session-based LLM agent with Google Gemini. Previously at Iterate.ai, he led cross-functional AI/ML initiatives, overhauled chat architectures to hybrid RAG models, integrated OCR with LLMs for large document datasets, and designed scalable on-premise CV deployments and payments architectures for enterprise clients. An UCLA Computational Mathematics graduate and former Head Learning Assistant, he has also built math web tools and contributed to educational tech during college. Based in Los Angeles, he combines entrepreneurial drive with a storyteller’s sensibility to translate complex tech into market-ready products.
14 years of coding experience
University of California, Los Angeles
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at CSULB Graduate Programs in Business
Associate's degree, Computer Science, Associate's degree, Computer Science at North Seattle Community College
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