Ryan is Head of IT for Maria’s Place, and carries 25 years of web development and product management expertise. He is our digital solutions explorer and a digital transformation (DX) expert.

In the earlier years, after the physical game development phase, Ryan built multiple versions of MariasPlace.com. He led agile development teams through custom web application development, DevOps and DX initatives. As the years passed, Ryan continued SDLC practices to build and retire custom web application features while navigating software product integrations for sales & marketing technologies.

During Coronavirus, Ryan led a product development lifecycle to build safe senior-oriented technology to challenge the mental health epidemic of isolation and lonliness among seniors and the elderly. In early 2021, he built a MVP iOS app with secure audio chat rooms (like Clubhouse), and an ADA Accessibility-oriented UX design. An NIH grant application was built and filed for field testing specialized secure chatroom devices for seniors in residential care environments.

2021 brought the increase of cybersecurity threats into the MariasPlace environment, and Ryan worked with multiple teams to develop secure DevOps policies and procedures, build incident response plans, ensure secure PII data management, and harden front-facing applications. Cybersecurity, DevOps automation, and application security are still focused fields of study for Ryan.

Through personal experience with his Japanese Grandma, Ryan has a deep affinity for home caregivers, in-home care providers and lifelong learning. He is always thinking up new ways to share connection, education and resources with caregivers around the world.