Summary
Ryan Frahm is a Full Stack Engineer and founder with 12 years of experience building high-growth SaaS and marketplace platforms from the ground up. He has a proven track record scaling products to commercial success—single-handedly building an e-commerce platform to $1M ARR in nine months, architecting a payments gateway that processed hundreds of millions, and launching a farmland marketplace that hosted over $500M in deployable capital. Comfortable across the stack with a focus on TypeScript and Next.js/AWS, he blends hands-on engineering with product and go-to-market strategy to 2.5x ARR for multiple businesses. Based in Ames, Iowa, he brings entrepreneurial grit shaped by both rapid wins and hard failures, and applies that resilience to unlock liquidity in agricultural real estate. Beyond code, he manages a $1.5M+ commercial portfolio and prioritizes empowering teams and giving more than he takes.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Engineering at Iowa State University
Associate of Science (AS), Computer Science, Associate of Science (AS), Computer Science at Iowa Western Community College
English