Ron Buell

About Ron Buell

Highly accomplished Software Professional with extensive experience in Executive Leadership, Software Engineering, Data, Product Management, and Consulting. Highly skilled at creating a Product Vision and then executing on it. Brings a \"can do\" attitude to the table and motivates teams to deliver beyond expectations. Strong technical acumen and knowledge of current technology trends. Highly collaborative and fiscally responsible. Utilizes extensive experience to provide leadership development and technology coaching.Email: r••••••••@gmail.com+ Possesses excellent communication skills and interfaces equally effectively with clients, executive management, and team members + Expertise in both Enterprise and Consumer based markets+ Effectively built and managed teams across different geographic and cultural locations+ Strong focus on team culture, ownership, and personnel career growth + Successfully delivered multiple major software releases for different systems to market from pure startup to mature organization+ Developed Product Visions that translated into executable Product Roadmaps+ Cloud based background with both AWS and GCP+ Penchant for hiring top notch performers and identifying talent that often flys under the radar+ Utilizes Data Science, Analytics, and GenAI both internally and externally+ Champion of Digital Transformation+ Highly motivated leader who will do what it takes to get the job done.+ Leads by Example+ Builds Diverse Teams who are always striving for Continual Improvement+ Mentoring team members to maximize productivity and to help grow their careers+ Understands and implements scaleable architectures and design patterns+ Communicates very well with customers and can speak on many levels, from Senior Corporate Executives to Sales to Engineering and everything in between.Major Accomplishments:+ Managed over 220 total contractors and employees at Secude+ Oversaw the building of a scalable architecture to handle 100M MAU on the OpenFeint gaming network+ Helped drive several acquisitions including intense due diligence in evaluating engineering, product, and data+ Advisor to several startups and helped with initial hiring, architecture, and buy vs build decisions+ Grew the Rdio Engineering team from 25 engineers to over 100 in 3 years with less than 2% attrition prior to the successful acquisition by Pandora + Built both the architecture and team from scratch at Pax Labs resulting in a robust microservice cloud based platform and highly performant team

Experience

1. Partner

   Techquity

   Mar 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Technology problems are the hardest problems. We help you fix them.Techquity is a collective of experienced technology leaders from iconic companies, who have designed,engineered, and managed products used by billions of people that have generated tens of billions inrevenue.We advise CEOs, boards, and investors who are worried they have real technology problems.Technology problems demand clear thinking, decisive action, and an understanding of how teams andsystems intersect. We bring:Proven Experience: Decades leading technology operations and engineering for iconic product teams atcompanies like Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.Practical Solutions: Strategies that address the root of the problem, not just the symptoms.Collaborative Execution: A hands-on approach that aligns teams and builds trust.Our Services include- Technology Assessments that drive action- Organeering – Designing high-performance tech operations cost effectively- Scalability Roadmaps for sustainable growth- Implementation that drives resultsWe welcome conversations to discuss how Techquity can transform your business. Let’s talk! Contact us at: Techquity.ai to get started.One of my personal specialties is leadership development and coaching/mentoring.

Education

• Boston University

  M.S., Computer Systems Engineering

  1993 — 1997

• St. Lawrence University

  B.A., Government, Ecomonics

Skills

• Software Development
• Scrum
• Software Project Management
• Architecture
• Start-Ups
• Sdlc
• Web Applications
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Java
• Ruby
• Xml
• Database Design
• Subversion
• Mysql
• Distributed Systems
• Engineering Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Databases
• Mobile Devices
• C++
• Scalability
• Software Engineering
• Lamp
• Android
• Saas
• Cloud Computing
• Object Oriented Design
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Integration
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Php
• Test Driven Development
• Product Management
• Ruby on Rails
• Mobile Applications
• C#
• .net
• Architectures
• Testing
• Apache