Summary
Ryan Kimber is a technology executive and builder with 25+ years of industry experience and a 12-year track record in leadership roles transforming product and engineering organizations. He has founded and scaled startups (CEO & Co-Founder of Daylight), led CTO-level innovation at Think Research, and now drives post-acquisition technology transition and modernization at Leap Tools. Ryan specializes in breaking apart legacy silos, modernizing tech stacks, and implementing Agile CI/CD and cloud IaaS patterns to accelerate delivery and reduce risk. Comfortable at the intersection of strategy and hands-on delivery, he has led teams from early-stage growth to enterprise integration, with a particular knack for turning paper-based workflows into data-driven digital platforms. Based in Oakville, Ontario, he blends deep technical architecture experience from large institutions like Fidelity and Toronto Police Service with entrepreneurial product sensibility. A practical change agent, he often focuses as much on culture and team practices as on code and infrastructure to make transformations stick.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Secondary School Diploma at Lester B. Pearson High School, Burlington, ON
Engineering, Engineering at The University of British Columbia
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Toronto
Communitech Business Fundamentals
English