Summary
Ivan Rylach is a VP of Engineering based in Chicago with 11 years of experience designing and delivering secure, high-performance enterprise systems. He combines deep security expertise—author of a patented key exchange and encryption model—with pragmatic engineering, having led the design of a scalable API gateway (presented at Kong Summit) and saved Checkr roughly $500K/year by adopting open-source solutions. Ivan is a hands-on leader who has reorganized engineering organizations into cross-functional, stream-aligned teams, hired and mentored remote leaders, and managed teams of 18 across distributed environments. His work has supported major business outcomes, from enabling microservice migrations and strategic cloud partnerships to contributing to a company valuation milestone. He pairs technical depth with business training (MBA, Stanford certificates) and a clear focus on empowering teams to grow professionally and deliver measurable impact.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Quantic School of Business and Technology
Bachelor's degree, Applied Mathematics & Mechanical Engineering, 9.4 / 10, Bachelor's degree, Applied Mathematics & Mechanical Engineering, 9.4 / 10 at Belarusian State University
Advanced Computer Security, Advanced Computer Security at Stanford University
Russian, Russian, German, English