Kian Ryan
Director at Orange Tentacle Ltd
Bolton, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKian Ryan is a UK-based software director with 14 years' experience running a consultancy (Orange Tentacle) and delivering engineering solutions across startups and large enterprises. He blends hands-on .NET and JavaScript development with cloud (Azure, AWS, on‑prem) architecture and a pragmatic focus on SCM, CI/CD and test automation. Passionate about people and coaching, he gets energised by helping teams improve their delivery and collaboration practices. His background ranges from legacy ASP.NET upgrades to modern cloud deployments, giving him a practical appreciation for technical debt and gradual improvement. Based in Bolton and educated at Durham University, he combines deep delivery experience with a consultant’s versatility and a knack for translating process changes into measurable team outcomes.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Durham University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (115)
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visual-studio9
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
OrangeT/SagePay
Mar 2012 - Jan 2017
Contributions:45 commits, 10 pushes in 4 years 10 months
kianryan/kianryan.github.io
Feb 2018 - Jan 2023
www.kianryan.co.uk
Contributions:153 commits, 107 pushes, 7 branches in 5 years
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