Ryan Nickel
Mobile Staff Engineer at Xello
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolRyan Nickel is a Mobile Staff Engineer and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience building cross-platform mobile and web products, from early BlackBerry apps to modern iOS and Android experiences. He co-founded Volu.me and runs Lakeside Labs, designing scalable infrastructures, RESTful services and AWS-backed systems that supported rapid growth and high traffic. Ryan has shipped consumer-facing hits—like an NXNE BlackBerry app that reached 20,000 downloads in two weeks—and built novel mobile-first systems such as a stadium-level beacon giveaway platform used by touring artists across North America. Comfortable leading small, nimble teams, he blends hands-on engineering with product instincts and a flair for pushing into uncharted technical territory. Based in Toronto, he’s particularly passionate about push messaging and creating intuitive, human-centered mobile experiences that connect people across cities and platforms.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
University of Waterloo
Stackoverflow
426reputation
51kreached
16answers
3questions
Github Skills (86)
react-native-module10
react-native9
image-picker9
typescript9
sap-cloud-sdk8
parallelization8
autocomplete8
php8
react-native-app7
sap-business-technology-platform7
sdk7
sap-successfactors7
tvos7
sap-cloud-platform7
drupal7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
mrnickel/StaticSiteGenerator
Dec 2015 - Nov 2025
Contributions:3 releases, 50 pushes, 1 branch in 10 years
mrnickel/bb10pulltorefresh
Mar 2013 - Dec 2015
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push in 2 years 9 months
refreshpull-to-refresh
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