Summary
Shane Gring is a founder and cooperative leader with nine years of cross-disciplinary experience turning proven expertise into scalable certification ecosystems and mission-driven products. As Founding President of Certainly and former GM of fxnction, he blends strategy, product, marketing, and technical oversight to build teams across time zones and grow businesses to multimillion-dollar revenue while maintaining healthy margins. Shane has designed credential programs and governance for clients like IWBI, USGBC, and Delos, and repeatedly moves organizations from selling information to defining enduring standards and renewal-driven business models. Equally comfortable sketching brand identity or mapping certification methodology, he pairs practical operational chops with a systems-first view of trust and adoption. Based in Pittsburgh, he also brings a storyteller’s instinct—reflected in his GitHub tagline “Telling stories, building products, making purpose”—that helps translate complex IP into engaging, professional credentials.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Canton High School
Bachelors in Arts: Architecture Architecture, Bachelors in Arts: Architecture Architecture at Miami University