Andrew Ryder

Experience

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  BestWeb Corporation

  Jan 1996 - Aug 1997

  Technical Support Specialist

  ▸ Act as a front-line for customer-related issues, helping troubleshoot issues through telephone and email.▸ Design and improve tools that interact with customer database software.

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  Chasma, Inc.

  Oct 1999 - Jan 2002

  Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

  Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer for an early mobile gaming start-up.▸ Co-authored business plan that secured seed funding.▸ Grew company from 2 to 25 employees.▸ Launched the first mobile, downloadable game on Verizon's Get It Now! Network.

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  WEBCASTING.COM

  Aug 2007 - Oct 2008

  Director of Technology

  Worked under the President to manage all technical needs for the company.▸ Migration of a single-server system to content distribution network. ▸ Development of client portal and analytics platform for clients to see analytics on data. ▸ Support the technical needs of multiple remote teams that were broadcasting live on client premises.

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  Self-employed

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2014

  Freelance Consultant

  Worked with clients around the world, providing custom software solutions and technical advising for business needs.▸ Developed a system to scrape lines at various Sportsbooks to identify arbitrage opportunities.▸ Automation of a streaming platform, translating XMLTV data into a queue that scheduled dozens of servers around to broadcast live feeds to a central CDN.▸ Developed a backtesting system for testing various technical analysis strategies over equity data, trying to identify buy and sell signals. Show less

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  Cook's Direct

  Jan 2014 - Dec 2017

  Software Engineer

  Software generalist who collaborated with sales and business teams to help run and manage e-commerce operations.▸ Support of existing e-commerce store▸ Helping migrate 50k+ products to a new platform.▸ Developing automated reports for price competitiveness against competitors.

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  Bluebird Graphic Solutions

  Mar 2018 - Dec 2021

  Head of Technology

  Managed all technology for a custom fabrication company. ▸ Transitioned company from existing ERP into QuickBase to modernize its information system, including moving 500k+ records of information. ▸ Supported technology needs for 30 employees. ▸ Lead on all projects for digital signage.

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  Somos, Inc.

  May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Product Owner

  ▸ Served as Product Owner for Capstone Project. Interviewed 30+ stakeholders, across every department, to develop a prioritization framework for 50+ projects, from new revenue opportunities to tech debt. ▸ Created high-level wireframes for a new product in Figma and translated stakeholder requirements into user stories.▸ Helped facilitate Scrum ceremonies.▸ Contributed code to a project that extracted data and keywords from unstructured data using SVM and vector DB to support AI and named entity recognition efforts. Show less

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  Tangify

  Aug 2023 - now

  Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

  Unlock more innovation with Tangify's AI-driven platform, designed to accelerate patent discovery, streamline documentation, and reduce IP costs. Legal, engineering, and R&D teams stay ahead of the competition, faster.