Summary
John Ragan is a seasoned engineering executive and Senior VP of Product Development with over two decades of experience building and scaling SaaS and fintech products from greenfield to turnaround. He partners with CEOs and CTOs to define technology vision and consistently delivers on-time, high-quality releases by embedding CI/CD, rigorous testing, and agile practices. John has a track record of assembling high-trust, low-attrition global teams and cutting augmented development costs while preserving morale. He excels at cross-functional collaboration with product and delivery leads to shorten cycle times and delight customers. Earlier in his career he contributed to mission-critical systems including the Space Shuttle flight software and has led major enterprise and mobile SaaS programs across startups and public companies. With an MBA and a computer science background, he blends technical depth, operational discipline, and people-first leadership to drive measurable business outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at BYU B.S. Computer Science
M.B.A, Business Administration, M.B.A, Business Administration at BYU MBA (Masters of Business Administration)