Ryan Stein

About Ryan Stein

Accomplished technology leader with 10 years of experience managing complex projects, developing high-performance teams, and implementing innovative solutions. Expertise in cloud infrastructure and software as a service and experience in leading digital transformation and modernization projects.

Experience

1. Senior Program Manager Azure Engineering

   Microsoft

   Jan 2018 — Present

   Leader of cross-functional teams spanning a range of industries including healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and retail in their journey to modernize and expand their technological capabilities. Tripling their year-over-year growth and tripling their speed to deployment. Oversaw the Azure security and resiliency reviews of state and local governments and elections vendors for the 2020 and 2022 elections resulting in no outages or security incidents leading up to the election and reporting of results. Facilitator in the communication and justification of key product feedback to the engineering product owners for consideration regarding product improvement and customer satisfaction. Resulting in exceeding world-class level customer satisfaction. Communicate strategic project summaries, statuses, and risks to the executive leadership team to inform their decision making and planning. This transparency enables agility when there are challenges and bolsters the high customer experience standards. Provide and implement deployment strategies that align with business priorities, industry compliance, and legal requirements. Facilitating buy-in across all stakeholders and ensuring that business needs are met is vital to the project success and the business relationship as a whole.

Education

• The University of Kansas

  Bachelor of Science in Business, Information Systems

  2008 — 2012

• University of Arizona, Eller College of Management

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management

  2015 — 2019