Ryan Foster

About Ryan Foster

Software engineer with a knack for solving complex problems

Experience

1. Lead Data Engineer

   Chmura Economics & Analytics

   Oct 2023 — Present

   Leading the design and scaling of data architecture and infrastructure that support analytics, ML workflows, and business operations.Working closely with the CIO and CTO, I guide a team of software/data engineers and data scientists as we modernize from on-prem systems to cloud platforms like Databricks and Azure. My role blends architecture with hands-on technical leadership & mentorship, prioritizing team growth while ensuring that our data are reliable, fast, and ready for use across the company.• Architect and lead the migration from on-prem and hybrid systems to scalable, cloud-native solutions using Databricks, reducing ETL runtimes from weeks to hours and dramatically increasing data freshness• Mentor and manage a team of 2–4 engineers, onboarding new hires and interns to make production-level contributions within weeks• Introduced Spark and Databricks as core platforms through successful MVPs, influencing company-wide adoption and future cloud strategy• Build internal microservices, labeling systems, and tooling to support data science workflows, annotation efforts, and ML/NLP pipelines• Collaborate with data science, governance, and DevOps teams to improve data access, quality, deployment reliability, and infrastructure resilience• Lead schema design and data modeling for internal systems, ensuring alignment with backend engineering and long-term platform goals• Partner with product leadership to align engineering efforts with roadmap priorities and evolving stakeholder needs

Education

• Baldwin Wallace University

  Computer Science & Software Engineering

  2012 — 2014

• Case Western Reserve University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science

  2014 — 2016

• Cuyahoga Community College

  Associate of Science (A.S.)

  2012 — 2013

Skills

• Xml
• Xhtml
• Mongodb
• Programming
• Php
• Mips Assembly
• Python
• Bootstrap
• Socket.io
• Sql
• Linux
• C++
• Technical Support
• Javascript
• C#
• .net
• Css3
• Angularjs
• Node.js
• Express.js
• Mysql
• Computer Hardware
• Troubleshooting
• X86 Assembly
• Perl
• Mariadb
• Json
• Css
• Windows
• Lisp
• Ccna
• Postgresql
• Nginx
• Django
• Networking
• A+ Certified
• Java
• Microsoft Office
• Sqlite