Ryan Rich is a serial founder and technical leader with 13 years of experience building security-minded product and engineering organizations from early-stage startups to operational MSPs. As Co-founder and CTO of Workstreet and former CTO of Haekka, he blends hands-on product leadership with deep expertise in security, compliance, and Slack-native learning experiences (SOC 2, HIPAA, HITRUST, ISO, NIST). Previously a CPO at Datica, he drove 1,200%+ user growth across product lines and has a track record of shipping revenue-generating infrastructure like Kubernetes services. He advises and consults across fintech and healthtech, helping companies translate regulatory complexity into scalable product workflows. Based in San Francisco with a design-and-engineering background from RIT, he pairs product sensibility with technical rigor and a pragmatic focus on measurable adoption.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Multiple Disciplinary Studies: Design & Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Multiple Disciplinary Studies: Design & Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology
Contributions:5 PRs, 6 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 8 months
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