Summary
Ryan Pope is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience, currently building trading systems at Cboe Global Markets after progressing from intern roles to his current position. He combines a formal background in computer science and mathematics from the University of Kansas with practical data engineering and machine learning pipeline work, including experience feeding training data from AWS stores into neural networks. Ryan has applied Python extensively for data processing and visualization across roles—from basketball analytics at ShotTracker to human behavior analysis at Lelex Prime—bringing a strong data-focused lens to software problems. Based in Lawrence, Kansas, he thrives at the intersection of low-latency systems and data science, moving between batch-processing responsibilities and production engineering. Outside work he channels analytical thinking into a deep passion for basketball, which informed earlier analytics internships and continues to shape his interest in sports-data applications. Colleagues describe him as a steady, technically curious engineer who bridges rigorous CS foundations with practical ML/data workflows.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering, Engineering at Blue Valley Center For Advanced Professional Studies
Blue Valley North High School
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science, Senior, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science, Senior at University of Kansas - School of Engineering
Spanish, English