who am i

Ryan Grush

DevOps + Full-Stack Developer

I’m a resourceful DevOps engineer and full-stack developer with a long history of crafting web apps from start to finish. I love to learn new tech and am a quick study which has allowed me to gain a diverse set of skills and experiences in my 10+ years of practice. DevOps is my latest passion and I'm always trying to get a better grasp on good cloud architecture, IaC tools, and CI/CD best practices.


I started in UX and wireframes when I launched Noteswap as an undergrad at LSU. During that time I dabbled in design and eventually moved into HTML/CSS/JS. For the past 14 years I've been working full-time freelancing and at startups like RadiumCRM and Autobrain, and in corporate America with DXC. I'm passionate about clean code, best practices, and better tools.


In my spare time I'm frequently hacking away on side projects and learning new skills. I'm also guilty of a slight sports addiction and enjoy comedy, tennis, music festivals, road trips, and was also chosen as the 2006 Time magazine's Person of the Year.

professional skills

  • AWS

    80%

  • Ansible

    100%

  • Build Pipeline

    80%

  • Rails

    100%

Bash Script

Docker

ELK

Git

GraphQL

Javascript

Jenkins

Linux

MVC

NGINX

OAuth

PHP

Python

React

RegEx

Ruby

SQL

Terraform

Vue

Webpack

Coding

experience

DXC

Solution Architect Jan 2019 - Present
  • Designed, implemented and vetted various cloud-based systems that scaled
  • Frequently served as point person between DXC and Fortune 500 clients - Microsoft, Nissan, Chevron, Sabre and more
  • Provided teams with programming, devOps, networking, database and cloud engineering help when needed

Autobrain

DevOps Aug 2017 - Aug 2018
  • Managed roughly 50 AWS servers
  • Collaborated with team leaders to configure and install dependancies on remote environments
  • Designed and maintained IaC systems using Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins and Docker
  • Supported devs with special workflow tools using AWS Lambda and traditional server-based solutions
  • Refactored logging system using the ELK stack and Filebeat
Sr. Backend Developer July 2016 - July 2017
  • Built logistics features for the company’s admin dashboard using Ruby on Rails
  • Oversaw new tech choices, reviewed code and helped onboard new hires
  • Worked with many 3rd-party APIs for various features
  • Used TDD and OO best practices
  • Optimized app and database responsiveness
Frontend Developer Jan 2016 - June 2016
  • Designed and coded UI elements for the app’s client-facing side
  • Built the “accident detection” portal and other features using ReactJS
  • Redesigned the company’s “trip report” feature using the Google Maps APIs, caching results for better response time

RadiumCRM

UX/UI Frontend Developer June 2012 - Nov 2015
  • Oversaw all UX/UI work for the company, including wireframes and high-fidelity mockups
  • Developed frontend features and UI elements for the web app, iPhone app and marketing website
  • Built a robust Chrome extension that interfaced Gmail with the web app via a RESTful API

Freelancer

Web Developer Aug 2009 - June 2012
  • Primarily built "brochure" websites for clients in WordPress and Concrete5
  • Contracted to build dashboard in d3.js for startup
  • Worked on several e-commerce websites using Shopify and Wordpress

side projects

Tech Talent South

Frontend Instructor Oct 2015 - Oct 2018
  • Teach a 4-week bootcamp course on the basics of HTML, CSS and Javascript
  • Build lesson plans, presentations, and sample homework websites

Noteswap

CEO + Founder Nov 2005 - Present
  • Founded a self-sustaining service that attracts 500k visitors, 5 million pageviews, 30k uploads and 15k users annually
  • Manage all business and product responsibilities
  • Designed frontend theme and style guide, UI elements and marketing material

education

LSU – Mass Communication, Advertising

Aug 2004 - Aug 2009

services

DevOps

Has a strong grasp of the AWS ecosystem, CI/CD best practices and Git workflows.

Backend Dev

Builds for maintainability and scability but also is a proponent of getting the job done over pre-optimizing.

Frontend Dev

Has a great command of Javascript with some experience in frameworks like React.

UX/UI

Builds apps that are almost minimalist to a fault and extremely intuitive.

Design

Strong eye for design and big fan of living style guides.

Business Dev

Has strong awareness of business goals and how technical debt affects those goals.

testimonials

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my works

These are a few UI features from my RadiumCRM and freelancing days.

  • Compose Modal User Interface

    Compose Modal

    This compose modal allows the user to send a standard email as well as many more advanced features such as - mail merge, follow-up reminders, send later, and email templates.

  • Contacts Table User Interface

    Contacts Table

    The contact table is the heart of RadiumCRM. Designed to feel like a smart spreahsheet, it allows many common fields (name, email, etc) as well as any custom fields the user wants.

    It supports dynamic fields (# of events, date added, etc), allows the user to create a follow, has inline editing, share toggle abilities, and many more features.

  • RadiumCRM Application

    RadiumCRM

    The RadiumCRM web app was an ambitious 3 year long project that is very robust, even by CRM standards. It boasts features such as Gmail sync, enriched contact data, CSV imports, dynamic contact tables, customizable lists and deal flows, email templates, a unique messaging system, and much more.

  • Date Picker User Interface

    Date Picker

    We wanted a simple date picker that was reusable and that gave the user more context than a typical date picker. The widget combines several open source libraries for a date and time picker and updates the output text in a readable format so the user know exactly when their email will be sent.

  • Email Template Web Design

    Email Template

    This email was sent to users when we released our Google Chrome extension detailing its features.

  • Error Page Web Design

    Error Page

    Using a 3rd part authentication service like Google causes some unexpected syncing problems so I created this troubleshooting page to help.

  • Chrome Extension - Gmail Application

    Chrome Extension - Gmail

  • Smoothie King - Birmingham Website

    Smoothie King - Birmingham

  • The Money Doctor Website

    The Money Doctor

  • LUMO Application

    LUMO

  • Smart Cupons Application

    Smart Cupons

  • Wedding RSVP Application

    Wedding RSVP

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