CTO
2014 - 2017Pledge Platform, LLC- Managed projects and products for a small team of full-stack developers.
- Implemented a development environment including code reviews, testing, and continuous deployment.
- Architected highly-scalable infrastructure utilizing AWS's CloudFront, Autoscaling groups, Elastic load balancers, etc.
- Created a robust delayed payment marketplace which processed payments on behalf of other organizations via Stripe Connect.
Technologies: AWS CloudFront, CodeDeploy, Autoscaling Groups, JavaScript, Node.js, MongoDB, Stripe, Vagrant, PuppetSoftware Developer
2014 - 2015MapQuest- Supported and enhanced MQ JS API as well as MQ Leaflet plugins.
Technologies: JavaScript, HTMLLead Developer, Hellobeacon.com
2013 - 2014Modo Design Group- Took an existing API and converted it into a RESTful API.
- Led a team of three developers in scheduling and prioritizing features in order to deliver a product that still hadn't been launched due to "feature creep."
- Transformed an existing system from single-server architecture to one supporting parallel servers behind a load balancer, allowing more flexible growth and deployment.
- Introduced unit and integration testing using Mocha and Chai as well as coverage reporting with Istanbul.
- Integrated a subscription payment service using Stripe.
Technologies: Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, Backbone.jsFounder, CTO
2012 - 2013DeliveryCrowd- Created a location-aware, real-time system to match delivery people with individuals nearby who need something picked up and delivered.
- Worked as lead architect/developer on a team of five in the creation of multiple web applications, mobile applications, and informational websites as well as the server-side technologies to support the solutions.
- Utilized app-based GPS and web sockets along with the MapQuest API to optimize delivery routes.
- Integrated with Balanced Payments to handle one-time payments as well as direct deposit to delivery drivers' accounts.
- Created responsive applications with Twitter Bootstrap and Knockout.js to handle delivery ordering, delivery completion, and back-end administration.
Technologies: Node.js, PHP, MySQL, Mongo, Knockout.js, Cordova, Twitter BootstrapSoftware Engineer
2005 - 2011Intel Corporation- Developed and supported CAD tools for microprocessor design.
- Created multiple algorithms and architected a supporting software toolset to provide an automated density fill generation solution devised to minimize impact on functional components of design.
- Served as liaison between design engineers in Hudson, MA and Fort Collins, CO, and software developers in Haifa, Israel, Portland, OR, and Santa Clara, CA.
- Developed a roadmap for pre-fabrication of on-chip electrical field analysis software for Intel's FCDC Itanium design projects.
Technologies: C, Perl, TclSoftware Engineer
1999 - 2005Hewlett Packard- Developed and supported CAD tools for microprocessor design.
- Worked as technical lead for the pre-fabrication of electrical field analysis tools and their associated methodologies for Intel's Tukwila and Poulson microprocessor projects.
- Directed the transition from legacy electrical field analysis software to a new solution.
- Led the effort to increase efficiency and reliability of analysis software. Identified multiple failure mechanisms and their occurrence frequencies. Established effort estimates, calculated ROI, and presented recommendations to management.
Technologies: C, Perl
Ryan Keener
JavaScript Developer in Marietta, PA, United States
Member since March 19, 2014
In 2011, Ryan left the corporate world to start a company, and in the process fell back in love with software development. Along the way, he's become proficient in many new web technologies, especially AWS and Node.js, helping to launch several new products and enhance existing ones.
Ryan is now available for hire
Portfolio
- Pledge Platform, LLCAWS CloudFront, CodeDeploy, Autoscaling Groups, JavaScript, Node.js, MongoDB...
- MapQuestJavaScript, HTML
- Modo Design GroupNode.js, Express.js, MongoDB, Backbone.js
Experience
- JavaScript, 7 years
- Node.js, 6 years
- Express.js, 5 years
- MongoDB, 5 years
- Stripe, 5 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS), 4 years
- Hapi.js, 3 years
- AWS Auto-scaling, 2 years
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
OS X, WebStorm, Git
The most amazing...
...thing I've architected and built is a distributed system to process payments on behalf of organizations and individuals raising money to support their cause.
Employment
Experience
- Hello Beacon (Development)http://hellobeacon.com/
Sole server-side developer for this project.
- PledgeIt (Development)https://pledgeit.org
PledgeIt is a performance-based fundraising platform and application. Teams and athletes use PledgeIt to collect pledges against their future performance allowing them to raise funds for causes important to them.
As CTO/Architect/Project Lead, I was actively engaged in the development of this project from the ground up.
Skills
Languages
JavaScript, ECMAScript (ES6), HTML5, PHP, CSS3, HTML, Perl, Tcl, SassLibraries/APIs
Stripe API, Node.js, Sinon.JS, Underscore.js, Backbone.js, Stripe Connect, Stripe, Socket.IO, Chai, Lodash, Google Maps, Moment.js, LeafletJS, Puppet.js, Backbone.MarionetteTools
Codeship, AWS CodeDeploy, Git, GitHub, Mongoose, Vim Text Editor, AWS ELB, AWS Auto-scaling, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Travis CI, SourceTree, WebStorm, Knex.js, Slack, Mocha, Grunt.js, Gulp.js, AWS SQS, MongoDB Atlas, Stripe Checkout, Vagrant, Puppet, Git flow, Grunt, CircleCIFrameworks
Express.js, Hapi.js, Swagger, Mocha.js, Ember.jsPlatforms
KeystoneJS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS EC2, AWS Lambda, Visual Studio Code, LinuxStorage
MongoDB, AWS S3, PostgreSQL, MySQLOther
Stripe Payments, Elastic Load Balancing, Swag, DocuSign, AWS Route 53, Async.js, MMSParadigms
Agile Software Development
Education
- BS degree in Computer Engineering1995 - 1999The Pennsylvania State University - State College, PA
