Summary
Ryan Gay is a hands-on Chief Product & Technology Officer with 25+ years building and modernizing enterprise SaaS platforms, currently operating as CTO across multiple PE-backed and early-stage companies. He combines executive presence with day-to-day engineering—architecting platforms, writing production code, and leading AI-driven product strategy that leverages RAG-based assistants and real-time analytics. His track record includes scaling engineering capacity 4x at 50% cost, delivering 25% annual revenue growth that contributed to a PE exit, achieving 99.9% availability with FedRAMP-grade security, and patenting distributed UI synchronization. Equally fluent in strategy and execution, he turns founder vision into shipped products rapidly using a preferred stack of Next.js, React, and PostgreSQL while amplifying productivity with AI tools. Based in Missouri, he pairs deep enterprise architecture experience with a DIY, systems-first mindset rooted in networking and Linux fundamentals.
10 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Virginia Tech