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Contributing to the Toast Now Android app. Helping empower teams who manage and operate restaurants.• Built and improved essential features: sales reporting (voids, discounts, refunds, weekly net sales), device management and troubleshooting hub• Updated CI/CD pipeline release process to support hotfix releases• Reduced app download size by 50% using code shrinking, obfuscation, and optimization• Participated in on-call rotations to ensure reliable service for customers•… Show more Contributing to the Toast Now Android app. Helping empower teams who manage and operate restaurants.• Built and improved essential features: sales reporting (voids, discounts, refunds, weekly net sales), device management and troubleshooting hub• Updated CI/CD pipeline release process to support hotfix releases• Reduced app download size by 50% using code shrinking, obfuscation, and optimization• Participated in on-call rotations to ensure reliable service for customers• Upgraded Kotlin and Jetpack Compose to version 2.0• Created custom lint rules to ensure code quality and consistency Show less

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Building and maintaining flagship Android mobile apps for Fortune 500/5000 companies.Projects included:• Architecting and building a brand new smart home app for a Canadian Telco• Modernizing a local radio station app• Contributing to an app rebuild pitch that resulted in an $8 million contractMy responsibilities during these projects included:• Building end-to-end features: networking, persistence, business logic, and UI• Configuring CI/CD pipelines… Show more Building and maintaining flagship Android mobile apps for Fortune 500/5000 companies.Projects included:• Architecting and building a brand new smart home app for a Canadian Telco• Modernizing a local radio station app• Contributing to an app rebuild pitch that resulted in an $8 million contractMy responsibilities during these projects included:• Building end-to-end features: networking, persistence, business logic, and UI• Configuring CI/CD pipelines to run unit tests, enforce linting rules, and deploy builds• Mentoring junior engineers• Writing unit tests and championing testing best practices• Conducting in-depth code reviews• Leading Android learning sessions• Partnering with backend teams to design and document REST API contracts• Creating architecture diagrams to help the team understand technical conceptsKey feedback I received:"Ryan has since the beginning of the program been consistently providing great resources and ideas for the Android team to improve their practice, as well as our code base.... Ryan doesn't just provide great resources, but is also willing to sit with anyone on the team to help them understand these concepts!" — Engineering Stakeholder"Seriously, in my 14 year career, I've never seen anybody open so many PRs on a daily basis. What's your secret?" — Engineering Peer"His expertise in Android development is truly impressive, and I’ve gained valuable insights from working alongside him. Particularly on the *** [sic] project, he assumed a leadership role in establishing the core project structure, adhering to Android best practices." — Client Engineering Peer Show less

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Building flagship Android, Android TV, and Amazon Fire TV mobile apps for Fortune 500/5000 companies.Projects included:• Contributing to a mobile banking app for a Fortune 100 commercial bank• Contributing to the CBC Gem OTT streaming appMy contributions during these projects included:• Updating multiple example plugins accessed by 150+ Android engineers• Transitioning a credit card bonus tracker feature to a server driven UI component• Updating a… Show more Building flagship Android, Android TV, and Amazon Fire TV mobile apps for Fortune 500/5000 companies.Projects included:• Contributing to a mobile banking app for a Fortune 100 commercial bank• Contributing to the CBC Gem OTT streaming appMy contributions during these projects included:• Updating multiple example plugins accessed by 150+ Android engineers• Transitioning a credit card bonus tracker feature to a server driven UI component• Updating a TeamCity pipeline using Gradle Play Publisher to deploy Android App Bundles (AAB)• Contributing to a Sprint Boot middleware/BFF web service• Proactively responding to potential security threats and vulnerabilities by updating key dependenciesKey feedback I received:"Ryan's abilities as a developer are very strong and he feels comfortable sorting out complex technical concepts for features.... It's this sort of initiative that makes him an incredibly strong team member. — Project Manager"I personally have very much appreciated you always being game to jump in and pair or break down a more complex architecture, as well as approaching this process with a 'leave it better than you found it' mentality to ensure that future teams have a streamlined experience. You have shown a strong sense of [sic] leadership and craft throughout." — Engineering Peer"Ryan has a deep understanding of the Android platform, and as soon as he joined our team he was an advocate for good engineering practices. Ryan wrote up multiple tech debt stories, updated our documentation, and started reviewing prs. Ryan always reviews others' work thoroughly and leaves actionable feedback; if he doesn't understand code changes, he will work with you to gain an understanding." — Engineering Peer Show less

Franklin, Tennessee, United States

Building Android and iOS personal finance mobile apps using Xamarin.Forms.Projects included:• Rebuilding a top personal budgeting app (EveryDollar)• Combining two personal finance apps into one (FinancialPeace and BabySteps)• Building tools to help users get out of debt in 24 months or less (FinancialPeace)My responsibilities during these projects included:• Mentoring junior engineers• Championing and normalizing architecture design practices•… Show more Building Android and iOS personal finance mobile apps using Xamarin.Forms.Projects included:• Rebuilding a top personal budgeting app (EveryDollar)• Combining two personal finance apps into one (FinancialPeace and BabySteps)• Building tools to help users get out of debt in 24 months or less (FinancialPeace)My responsibilities during these projects included:• Mentoring junior engineers• Championing and normalizing architecture design practices• Maintaining Spring Boot web services• Partnering with backend developers to design RESTful web servicesKey feedback I received:"Ryan is a leading voice in our ability to architect and deliver clean and maintainable code, as well as documentation for other engineers to consume." - Engineering Manager"Ryan is a top notch engineer. He is constantly striving to make everything he works on better, he is never satisfied with good enough. If there is something he does not know he will make the effort to learn. He has strong opinions but is not afraid to have those opinions challenged. He is a strong technical leader." — Engineering Peer"Ryan is the type of engineer that if you give him a task will execute it to a high level of excellence. He has a great understanding of his craft and excels at teaching principles and concepts to others." — Engineering Peer Show less

Brentwood, Tn

• Created Magnolia CMS plugins, tooling, documentation, tutorials, and training materials for 100+ developers• Contributed to over 10 Spring Boot web services and AWS Lambdas across multiple business units• Built second iteration of internal developer documentation platform system using MkDocs

Brentwood, Tn

• Led rebuild of Ramsey Solutions blog using Magnolia CMS• Migrated 2,500+ blog articles (viewed by millions of users each month) using a custom Python script into Magnolia CMS• Helped rebuild Ramsey Solutions e-commerce store using Magnolia CMS and KonaKart• Helped build first iteration of an internal developer documentation system using VuePress

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

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