Summary
Ryan Hayes is a Staff Software Engineer and nine-time Microsoft MVP with 14 years of experience building award-winning web applications and modernizing enterprise systems across industries including travel, payments, healthcare, and education. He combines startup-style product discovery with large-enterprise delivery as part of Hilton Grand Vacations’ Office of the CTO while consulting on software architecture, security, and team optimization through his firm. A hands-on technologist who has led CI/CD, SSO, React/Vue front-ends and Azure pipelines, he also drives team performance through mentorship and a culture of knowledge sharing. Active in the community as a meetup co-organizer, speaker, and technical writer, he leverages battle-tested leadership to accelerate distributed teams and ship at scale. Notably, he pairs deep technical craft with internal consulting skills that repeatedly translate prototypes into production impact across complex organizations.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Software Engineering, M.S., Software Engineering at George Mason University
B.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at University of Virginia