Ryan Ripley Email & Phone Number

Valparaiso, In, Us

🚀 Excited to embark on a new journey as a Co-Founder of The Evidence Based Company, a startup dedicated to transforming industries with actionable insights derived from data and insights.🔍 At The Evidence-Based Company, we're not just about data but about impactful leadership that drives decisions. Our mission is to empower businesses and organizations by providing robust, evidence-based solutions to their most pressing challenges.🤝 I'm looking forward to connecting with like-minded professionals, potential clients, and partners who are enthusiastic about harnessing the power of data to make informed decisions and foster growth. Let's explore how The Evidence-Based Company can help your business thrive in a data-driven world.

Burlington, Massachusetts, Us

Denver, Colorado, Us

Valparaiso, Indiana, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Key Activities:• Guiding the team and larger organization on how to use Agile practices to delight customers• Organizing and facilitating scrum ceremonies and activities• Guiding the team(s) on how to get the most of out self-organization • Coaching teams to higher levels of agile maturity at a sustainable pace• Guiding the team to learn how to remove impediments• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution• Improving transparency and radiating information• Supporting the Product Owner• Collaborating with other ScrumMasters and Agile Coaches across the organization• Actively participating in an Agile Coaching Team and/or “Community of Practice”

Radnor, Pa, Us

Promoted in early 2015. Along with previous responsibilities, selected to coach an internal agile workgroup tasked with determining best fit and methodology recommendations given LFG’s current practices and culture. Upon completion of the workgroup activities, tasked with writing an RFI/RFP for an agile transformation project at LFG. Interviewed and assessed multiple agile transformation vendors. Helped to ensure vendor alignment with corporate agile goals.Key Accomplishments:• Championed pair-programming and collaborative practices for team members• Coached team on continuous integration and delivery using tools such as Jenkins and Maven

Radnor, Pa, Us

Responsible for an application portfolio that includes off-the-shelf solutions such as SAP Ariba and custom java applications. Resource management responsibilities for a team of 9 internal employees plus contract and off-shore personnel. Fiduciary responsibility for team and project budgets. Process Improvements: • Added Unit Testing with Junit to developer practices• Implemented work in-take process utilizing agile practices: --Coached business to refine and prioritize their backlog for minor enhancement work --Coached development team to do iterative development and agile release planning --Implemented feedback loops to ensure right work was executed at the right time

Fort Wayne, In, Us

Led an agile transformation at DiB that included coaching developers, project managers, IT management, and business partners how to adopt scrum and agile business processes. Filled the role of scrum master on the pilot scrum project at DiB and developed dashboards other communication vehicles for senior leadership.Worked with management teams to evaluate processes and bottlenecks with cumulative flow diagrams. Using this data we streamlined processes to enable the rapid delivery of features and stories. Strong management engagement led to a successful pilot project and company wide acceptance of agile.Core Agile Coaching Activities:• Introduced scrum to the organization through training sessions and simulations• Provided product owner coaching to business partners and management• Coached technical leads and developers on extreme programming (XP) practices• Taught story point estimation with planning poker to developers and IT management• Championed the automation of software deployments (Continuous Delivery)

Warsaw, Indiana, Us

Promoted to manage the Ariba application support team consisting of 7 direct reports and multiple on-shore and off-shore contract personnel. Responsible for system performance, project delivery and customer satisfaction.--Management responsibilities for resources, budget, business requirements and timeline--Managed and tracked spend in excess of 5 million dollars.--Worked closely with off-shore resources to ensure effective delivery of milestones.--Provided regular updates to business leaders up to the level of Vice PresidentResponsible for day-to-day support of the Ariba application, customer communications, and regular status reports to senior management.--Utilized on-shore and off-shore resources for support

Warsaw, Indiana, Us

Promoted to manage small to medium projects, support teams, and client relationships along with providing coaching to junior development team members on agile development practices.• Led the implementation of the SAP Ariba to more effectively manage contract relationship with Healthcare Professionals and to streamline procurement and travel & expense processesWorked closely with the Corporate Compliance business team to fully understand business and legal requirements when working with Healthcare Professionals.--Translated business requirements to technical requirements--Traveled globally to ensure compliance with EMEA and Asia/Pac regulations

Warsaw, Indiana, Us

Hired as a java developer to write modules and portlets using 3rd party API’s and to teach fellow team members extreme programming (XP) practices including: Test Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration. • Development work focused around LiveLink and Teleforms tools to capture and process clinical trial data from surgeons globally

Master Of Theology - Mats, Theology/Theological Studies

Bachelor, Business Administration

Associate Degree, Business