Ryan Morlok
Software Engineer at Dropbox
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolRyan Morlok is a versatile software engineer and engineering leader with 13 years of experience building everything from embedded C firmware to Python-based cloud services and modern RESTful web applications. Currently on Dropbox’s Dash team working on universal search, he combines hands-on implementation with team leadership gained as a CTO, director, and senior manager through multiple startups and acquisitions. He has a proven track record of shipping integrations and enterprise features—transitioning products from B2C to B2B and driving GDPR/CCPA, security, and disaster recovery efforts. A pragmatic full-stack developer, he’s contributed to open-source tooling that improves PDF-to-HTML fidelity, demonstrating attention to edge-case rendering, font handling, and test coverage. Based in Minnesota, he pairs deep technical breadth with product-minded delivery and a knack for turning complex integrations into reliable services.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, Business, BS, Computer Science, Business at University of MinnesotaMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Github Skills (17)
c-language10
rendering10
html-renderer10
render10
file-handling10
pdf-conversion10
cprogramming-language10
testing9
py9
python9
sorting6
hibernate6
sessionfactory6
xsd6
google-app-engine6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX
Feb 2013 - Jun 2013
Convert PDF to HTML without losing text or format.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Ryan implemented features for splitting PDF pages into individual HTML files, including the ability to specify the output filename format. They modified the core PDF to HTML conversion logic within `src/pdf2htmlEX.cc` and `src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc`. Further improvements included additions to the CSS generation and font handling, enhancing the overall rendering of the HTML output. They also added unit tests for the new filename features.
pdf-to-html
rmorlok/activejsonmodel
Feb 2022 - Jan 2024
Active model objects that can be serialized to JSON
Contributions:1 release, 4 reviews, 30 PRs in 1 year 11 months
to-jsonrailsserializationrubyactivemodel
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