Ryan K.

About Ryan K.

I\'m an enterprise software veteran who specializes in private equity transaction…

Experience

1. Founder & Principal

   Kickdrum

   Aug 2012 — Present

   We are value-creation engineers who partner with technology investors and executives to defend and enhance businesses. We are technology pioneers with a proven record of industry impact. Our team of enterprise-grade engineers, architects, and strategists has transformed the technology industry for decades. With a design-driven philosophy, our engineering and development approach decreases technical debt, improves customer experiences, and increases enterprise value. We are strategic partners to Private Equity firms and the operating executives of leading companies. Our unique transaction diligence works to de-risk technology investments and acquisitions. We identify opportunities and threats that impact asset value at the time of transaction. Our diligence has serviced nearly eight billion dollars of transaction volume to protect against hidden product, technical, and operational risks. We also offer advisory services to support executives throughout the transaction, from complex cloud migrations to strategic organizational hiring. Leverage our design-driven development solutions to enhance your enterprise value. We offer Executive Counsel as Chief Technology Officers to Senior Leadership; supplying you best-in-class technology decision making for strategic initiatives. We work with you to tackle the most valuable technical challenges to growth with Engineering and Development blueprints that deliver superior results. From architecting scalable and resilient cloud- based systems to designing world-class customer experiences, our work accelerates your organizational maturity. At the same time, we actively upskill your existing talent with the industry’s best practices.

Education

• Cornell University

  BS (Cum Laude), Computer Science

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• Agile Project Management
• Scalability
• Business Value
• IT Outsourcing
• User Experience
• Software Engineering
• Tactical Development
• Rapid Prototyping
• Technical Debt
• Saas
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Web Services
• Product Management
• Mobile Applications
• Enterprise Software
• Java
• E-Commerce
• Automotive
• Outsourcing
• Software Quality
• Operational Efficiency
• Business Intelligence
• Cloud Computing
• Technology Evaluation
• Soa
• Offshoring
• Web Development
• Requirements Analysis
• Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Feedback
• Distributed Systems
• Architecture
• Enterprise Architecture
• Agile Methodologies