Hello, I'm Ryan.
I'm an entrepreneur, engineer, and designer focused on building and growing software companies.
About
I specialize in privacy, security, compliance, and software design. I'm currently the CTO at Haekka, a Slack-based training platform that is quickly becoming the new paradigm in security awareness built for modern work. Haekka allows organizations to intelligently train their workforce with the right content at the right time — entirely from the tools they already use.
Previously, I served as Chief Product and Security Officer at Datica, leading the development of a secure Kubernetes platform. Datica was acquired in 2019. Earlier, I co-founded a startup using optical character recognition to assist educators in grading, pre-dating popular AI trends. I hold an Applied Science degree from R.I.T.
Experience
Haekka
CTO & Co-founder
VC, Operating
2020-Present
Security Yak
Partner
Operating
2023-Present
Stride Health
vCISO
VC, Operating
2023-Present
RMI
vCISO
Operating
2019-2020
Datica
Chief Product Officer
VC, Acquired
2017-2019
WayUp
Product Consultant
VC, Operating
2017-2017
Plaid
Product Consultant
VC, Operating
2017-2017
Catalyze
Head of Product
VC, Acquired
2014-2017
More Vang
Frontend Engineer
Operating
2013-2014