Ryan Simpson
Senior Software Engineer - Team Lead at Givebacks
Town of Rosendale, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Simpson is a senior front-end engineer and team lead with 7+ years building animation-rich, experimentation-driven UIs at IBM Watsonx and Watson Assistant and now leading engineering at Givebacks. He designs end-to-end front-end architecture and shipping features—from table-based chat responses and conversational search to guided tours—while leveraging LLMs and AI assistants to accelerate implementation. Known for driving measurable product impact (including a 250% lift in chat engagement), he pairs detail-oriented engineering with inclusive design and strong PM collaboration. Based in Rosendale, NY, he thrives in agile teams that prioritize high-quality code and user-centered missions, and he’s particularly drawn to products that deliver meaningful value to users.
5 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Binghamton University
Github Skills (11)
ibm-watson10
watson10
google-assistant10
watson-assistant10
ibm-cloud9
react9
javascript8
chat8
ai7
integrations7
sap-hana7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (3)
watson-developer-cloud/assistant-web-chat-service-desk-starter
Sep 2020 - Apr 2021
A starter kit for building custom service desk integrations for Watson Assistant web chat
Contributions:4 reviews, 7 commits, 4 PRs in 6 months
deskassistantchatwatson-assistantintegrations
watson-developer-cloud/assistant-toolkit
Aug 2022 - Aug 2023
Toolkit for experimentation with watsonx Assistant
Contributions:11 reviews, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 year
experimentationassistantibm-cloudsap-hanaai
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