Lorin Ricker
Consultant, AI For Small Business at CoyoteThinking LLC
Joseph, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolLorin Ricker is a veteran software engineer and founder now consulting as "AI for Small Business," bringing 13+ years of formal experience and decades of hands-on coding across more than 30 languages and platforms from PDP-11/VMS to modern Linux and TPU work. He builds and mentors high-performing technical teams, having led engineering groups, introduced Agile/DevOps practices, and taught Ruby and system-level tooling in both corporate and training environments. Lorin combines entrepreneurial product experience—creating early SaaS offerings and mission-critical corrections systems—with a teacher’s instinct for coaching nascent leaders and translating AI into practical, justifiable business value for under-served small-business clients. Known for servant leadership and radical communication, he balances deep technical fluency with a people-first approach and an appreciation for the history of computing to inform better modern solutions.
13 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Music Theory and Composition, Master of Arts - MA, Music Theory and Composition at University of PortlandBS Engineering, Interdisciplinary Engineering, Acoustics, Music, Computer Science, Software, Electrical, Mechanical, BS Engineering, Interdisciplinary Engineering, Acoustics, Music, Computer Science, Software, Electrical, Mechanical at Purdue University
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Github Skills (28)
logitech9
linux7
device-manager7
macos6
user-input6
byebug6
gsub6
passwords6
windows6
loops6
security6
ruby6
pry6
javascript6
editor5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
LorinRicker/bashlogin
May 2013 - May 2018
Contributions:184 commits, 143 pushes in 5 years
LorinRicker/wallowa
Apr 2013 - May 2018
Contributions:548 commits, 358 pushes in 5 years 1 month
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