Ryan Turek

About Ryan Turek

I love building software products! It’s my passion, and I’m incredibly lucky to get to do it every day. I started dreaming about being a software developer when I got my first personal computer (that I didn’t have to share with siblings) at age 10, and I’ve been tinkering and creating ever since.I\'m currently working as the Software Engineering Director for the \"Active Building\" and \"Community Rewards\" products at RealPage. We are working on building the new “LOFT Living” platform, that will include the Leasing, Moving, Portals, Payments and Loyalty experiences. Read more at https://loftliving.com/I’m passionate about building, leading, and working alongside high performing cross-functional teams, and creating useful and beautiful software products. I care deeply about having a strong and positive engineering culture, and I go the extra mile to make sure that is a priority for my team.I believe that continuous learning and experimentation is key to fostering innovation (and preventing burnout) which is why I started “ShortStack”, an annual internal software development and product design Conference with attendees across RealPage in USA/EU/Asia. We cover topics like AI, ML, UX Design & Research, A/B Testing, enterprise architecture, and more. We also promote and facilitate collaboration, share best practices, and build relationships across our global teams. I’ve helped lead agile teams and develop products for clients in the Multifamily (Apartment Living), Family Law / Legal Services, Oil and Natural Gas (Field/Well Management), Accounting, Automotive, Commercial Real Estate Services, eCommerce, Advertising, Video Game, and Investment Management industries. Now I get to use that experience to mentor managers and their teams.I love what I get to do every day!Please read more about my skills and experience in my profile below. Thanks for looking me up!Keywords: Multifamily, Accessibility, Eagle Scout, Agile, Scrum.NET, MVC, C#, Web, Design, Software, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, jQuery, SQL, Git, Photoshop, Creative Cloud, Visual Studio, Typescript, Node, React, Redux, Remix, Google, Azure, Maps, Microsoft, API, Integration, CMS, WordPress, JIRA, GitHub, Mac, Windows, Frontend, Backend, Full-Stack, TFS, Destination Imagination, Creative, Funny, MBA, Management, Consulting, Woodworking, AWS, Leadership, Volunteering, Architect, Applications, Solutions, Strategy, Security, Artificial Intelligence, AI

Experience

1. Director, Software Engineering, Loft Living & Loyalty

   Realpage

   Jun 2023 — Present

   I work with a world-class group of leaders, software architects, and our 10 cross functional product development teams for Active Building and Community Rewards to deliver a market-leading digital resident experience for our customers. I’m excited about the work we’re doing, and I’m proud to serve and partner with all our team members in the Leasing & Living suite at RealPage!My responsibilities/experience include some the things listed in previous roles at RealPage, as well as wearing many hats as the need arises, and providing clear guidance and mentorship to teams in spite of shifting business needs. I work hard to maintain a strong (global, remote) engineering culture for our group, and champion continuous improvement both for our team members and for the products we build and maintain.Some specific accomplishments / responsibilities- Lead a strong cross-product software management team w/ Sr. Managers and Architects (5 managers, 10 teams)- Established and evangelized best practices for agile software development, UI design, and product management- Launched multiple new products (LOFT Loyalty, LOFT Living)- Integrated multiple products to our LOFT platform (Leasing, Moving, Payments)- Mentored multiple annual-company-hackathon-winning teams (#1 out of 50 in 2024)- Managed SOX auditing and compliance in preparation for IPO- Planned and ran several large in-person + remote cross-product project kickoffs that lasted 2-3 days, bringing 150 people together- Helped facilitate our RP Leadership Book Club- Founded our company Engineering & Product Development Conference aka \"ShortStack\"- Helped organize our company Hackathon aka \"ShortHack\"- Helped organize our engineering lunch-and-learns aka \"ShortFacts\"

Education

• Louisiana Tech University

  MBA, BS, Computer Information Systems & Information Assurance

Skills

• Software Development
• Scrum
• Asp.net Mvc
• Web Design
• Leadership
• Html
• Web Development
• Backbone.js
• Postgresql
• Angularjs
• Social Media
• Jira
• Zurb Foundation 5
• Mac
• Javascript
• Microsoft Sql Server
• User Experience
• Tfs
• Front-End
• Ruby on Rails
• Business Strategy
• Troubleshooting
• Github
• Git
• Microsoft Office
• Asp.net Web Api
• Team Foundation Server (Tfs)
• Agile Methodologies
• Volunteer Management
• Team Foundation Server
• Sass
• Responsive Web Design
• Knockoutjs
• Programming
• Sql
• Asp.net
• Redux
• Windows
• Siteminder Authentication
• Volunteering