Ryan Mcconnell
Staff Application Engineer
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolRyan Mcconnell is an engineering manager at Google with nine years of software engineering experience building full-stack web and mobile applications using Node.js, React/Redux, React Native, and Salesforce Lightning. He brings rare interdisciplinary depth from a prior academic career—holding a PhD and years as a visiting professor—where he led large research projects, published in top journals, and taught courses with record enrollments. At Salesforce and in open-source contributions he’s delivered both UI components and backend integrations (including Apex and FLS-aware Salesforce Flow extensions), demonstrating fluency across front-end, server, and platform-specific domains. Known for turning complex, deadline-driven problems into pragmatic solutions, he combines hands-on development with team leadership, mentorship, and clear communication for technical and non-technical stakeholders. Based in Los Angeles, he thrives on continual learning and applying rigorous research habits to product engineering and delivery.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of California Santa Cruz
English, Latin, Greek
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
apex10
salesforce10
javascript9
salesforce-flow8
act8
flowjs7
pandas6
css6
forloop6
python6
dataframe6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
UnofficialSF/LightningFlowComponents
Mar 2018 - Apr 2019
A collection of unofficial Flow extensions that can be used to enhance Salesforce Flow and Orchestrator.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 4 PRs, 4 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Ryan contributed to the development of unofficial Flow extensions for Salesforce, focusing on both front-end and back-end aspects. They implemented a Lightning Input component, including Aura components and styling, and also worked on a dynamic picklist component with associated Apex classes. Additionally, the user addressed file naming conventions and incorporated FLS checks, indicating involvement in both UI and data access layers.
salesforce-flowsalesforce-lightninglightning-componentsalesforcelightning-flow
ryemcc/LightningFlowComponents
Mar 2018 - Apr 2019
A collection of unofficial Lightning Components that can be used to enhance Salesforce Lightning Flow.
Contributions:16 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 1 month
lightningsalesforceenhancesalesforce-lightninglightning-flow
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