Ryan Causey

Escondido, CA, USA

  1. Engineering
  2. Editing & Proofreading
  3. SQL
  4. Chief Executive Officer
  5. Software Testing
  6. Strategic Planning

Helping companies leverage the power of cloud native applications to drive business success

I have deep expertise in cloud native application development on AWS and leading teams to leverage the power of cloud native to drive business success. I am targeting fractional Director, VP, and CTO roles.


At Petco I led the technical team for the Insurance group. I architected and drove the implementation of features to streamline the back office, save customer service hundreds of hours, and drive 50% growth in paying customers year over year. The billing system I architected and led the i…

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Work

Experience

  • Munipal

    Munipal

    CEO

    Apr 2015 - Present

    Munipal is a small, family-owned business that helps manage and administer false alarm programs for municipalities, aiding in cost recovery for false alarms.

  • Petco

    Petco

    Full Stack Tech Lead

    Mar 2020 - Aug 2022

    Petco is a leading pet health and wellness company, expanding its offerings with innovative products and services.

    • Drove the architecture and implementation of a billing service into the wellness platform, automating manual accounting processes with a 3rd party insurance partner and ensuring full transaction traceability.
    • Coordinated with a 3rd party insurance partner and internal engineers to automate manual insurance tasks, reducing customer service workload as the company scales.
    • Instilled a culture of quality, emphasizing testing and code reviews, significantly enhancing the deliverability of projects.
  • Teradata

    Teradata

    Senior Software Engineer

    Nov 2018 - Mar 2020

    At Teradata, we excel in providing cloud analytics and data platform solutions, harnessing data and AI for impactful business results and faster innovation.

    • Implemented a plugin-based framework for Stacki to manage device firmware, enhancing the software’s functionality and extensibility.
    • Optimized the firmware update process by enabling the parallel running of plugins, significantly improving efficiency for long running tasks.
    • Contributed to the reduction of technical debt by fixing ISO installer build inconsistencies and integrating Poetry for dependency management.
    • Spearheaded efforts in adding robust testing and new features to bolster Stacki’s system health checks, improving system reliability and configuration error detection.
  • ATX Networks Corp.

    ATX Networks Corp.

    Senior Software Engineer

    Jan 2017 - Nov 2018

    ATX Networks is an innovation leader in broadband access, media distribution, and sustainable energy storage, offering award-winning solutions to improve broadband connectivity and media content accessibility.

    • Successfully led the implementation of key Conditional Access (CA) features for the flagship PD1600 product, instrumental in securing a major European customer.
    • Developed a secure authentication and channel establishment protocol, including a Loadable Kernel Module for cryptographic operations, enhancing product security capabilities.
    • Led a small engineering team to integrate a new conditional access system into the PD1600, through the phases of requirements, design, and integration.
    • Mentored a software intern, fostering their growth and development in software engineering practices while advocating for code quality and documentation improvements.
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation

    Northrop Grumman Corporation

    Embedded Software Engineer

    Jun 2013 - Dec 2016

    Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, actively involved in creating advanced technology solutions for global security across sea, air, land, and cyber domains.

    • Identified and resolved critical operating system issues underpinning the F-35 JSF's CNI software, enhancing system reliability and performance.
    • Played a pivotal role in refactoring a complex CNI waveform into a modular architecture, significantly advancing a crucial contract.
    • Revived and updated a critical test suite for re-verifying stringent software requirements, ensuring the integrity and robustness of the JSF's CNI system.
    • Contributed to trade studies and feasibility demonstrations for a planned hardware refresh, preparing the CNI system for wide-ranging software updates.
  • MasterCard

    MasterCard

    Web Engineering Intern

    Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

    Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide, offering a wide range of digital payments choices to make transactions secure, simple, smart, and accessible.

    • Helped design and document the underlying network infrastructure for MasterCard's production applications in the web space.