About Ryan

I'm a software developer and student from Baltimore, Maryland.
Shoot me an email for a formal resume.

Education

I’m currently working on my undergrad at the University of Virginia. I expect to graduate in May, 2018 with a double major in Computer Science and Economics.

United States Department of Defense / Software Development Intern / May 2016 - August 2016
- Developed a web application to provide analysts the ability to easily navigate, annotate, and otherwise interact with a large body of data
  - Utilized the AngularJS framework along with Bootstrap components to create a clean and dynamic user experience
  - Used the Java Spring framework and MariaDB to handle server requests
- Ingested large volumes of raw data into a database using Python and the SQL Alchemy toolkit
United States Department of Defense / Software Development Intern / May 2015 - August 2015
- Developed and optimized a Java Spring application to automate the analysis of web content
- Tailored and deployed a web application to assist the planning and management of work-related travel
Varen Technologies / Security Intern / 2012 - 2014
- Digitally archived a large physical database of documents

Aside from school and work, I’m usually working on a project of some sort on the side to sharpen my skills and/or make useful things. Examples include:
- Java:
  - An Android application that scraped grades off of my highschool’s grade reporting website for easier mobile digestion
  - An Android background service that pauses the music in my headphones when someone in the vicinity addresses me by name
- C++:
  - A GIMP command-line clone
  - A command-line ray tracer
- Javascript:
  - A Google Cardboard virtual reality game
- Python:
  - Contributed to Facebook’s PathPicker, an open-source command line tool
- Some simple apps and utilities using Swift for iOS, Ruby on Rails, and node.js with Express
For more details on some of these projects and a couple more, check out the projects page on this site, or my github.