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Ryan Hellerud

Product Manager
NEWHALL,CA

Summary

Experienced Engineer turned Product Manager passionate about developing impactful and innovative products and features. Highly skilled in working with cross functional teams including engineering, design and business while using creative tactics and strategic thinking methods learned through studying organizational and behavioral psychology.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Product Manager

Experian
Austin, TX
10.2020 - Current
  • Worked across teams to drive development and launch of new digital products and features for business partners such as American Express which generated 5 million company revenue in its first year.
  • Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build technical specifications.
  • Collaborated and coordinated with engineering, design and support teams to launch innovative product features on time and within budget.
  • Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve optimal usage of resources to drive business goals and metrics.
  • Reviewed sales, customer concerns, and new opportunities to drive business strategy at weekly planning sessions.
  • Used agile based principals to optimize engineering and development work flow.

Front End React.js Developer

Viasat Inc
Carlsbad, CA
06.2019 - 08.2020
  • Developed and implemented software features for government integration applications including human machine interface application for military grade encryption devices as well as a dashboard application which used Machine Learning to process and display geospatial data from various social media API feeds.
  • Technologies included ES6, React.js, Typescript, React-strap, HTML, SCSS, Redux and
  • Collaborated on multiple stages of the software development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
  • Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs, and improving development workflow.

Front End Engineer

Herbalife
Los Angeles, CA
01.2019 - 06.2019
  • Integrated and developed enhancements into web platform to improve user experience, functionality, and increase rendering performance using react.js
  • Worked with business and creative teams to deliver digital products enhancements designed to increase user engagement.
  • Worked with back-end .NET Core team to design appropriate API's optimized for front end rendering.
  • Planned and delegated front end user stories to into logical structures which optimized workflow.
  • Ran agile stand ups, in addition to managing remote workers.

Software Engineer

RHH Digital Solutions Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
04.2018 - 12.2018
  • Refactored React.js components using internal state management and redux global state management..
  • Debugged and implemented fixes for various issues including rendering slowdowns, network call and async race conditions, git and merge problems and various other bugs on a consistent basis.
  • Set up services files for common operations using back-end API calls.
  • Implemented backend authentication login and routing in PHP/MySQL
  • Set up stack navigation on front end using react native and styled components which rendered in native iOS API

Full Stack Developer

Arvato Bertelsmann
Valencia, CA
07.2016 - 04.2018
  • Developed features using JavaScript, HTML5 and SASS best practice, methods and design patterns in the Sales Force Commerce Cloud platform.
  • Daily front end maintenance and bug fixing.
  • Debugged logic on back end commence site using JavaScript controllers and pipelines in the Sales Force Commerce Cloud platform.
  • Handled operational tasks including deployments to staging/ testing environments in SalesForce Commerce Cloud platform.
    reviews, code merging, code grooming and UI refactoring.
  • Developed automated scripts in node.js to convert spreadsheet data into a platform readable format saving developer time and resources
  • Traveled to multiple locations for project related business and launches, including New York
    City and Hamburg Germany
  • Kept in close communication with client to facilitate business and technical progress

Front End Developer

Beachbody
Agoura Hills, CA
04.2016 - 06.2016
  • Turned photoshop files into functional HTML/CSS layouts and landing pages.
  • Converted vanilla javascript functionality into react.js class components
  • Participated in brainstorm UI/UX meetings and gave actionable feedback

Front End Developer

Deluxe Media
Burbank, CA
09.2015 - 04.2016
  • Developed interactive media web-based projects in modern web technologies like HTML5, CSS3, SASS, OOP JavaScript and MVC utilizing tools techniques including Backbone.js and Modular programming
  • Converted PSDs to pixel perfect web components for smart TV Comcast On Demand bonus content for high profile featured films like Pitch Perfect, Jurassic World, Furious 7 and more
  • Worked with cross functional teams such as art, QA and producers to ensure the best resulting products

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology/ Cognitive Science Emphasis

University Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara
09.2003 - 06.2007

Master of Arts - Psychology /MFT

Chapman University
09.2010 - 06.2012

Skills

Research and trend analysis

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Software

Front End Development

Agile organizational principles

Figma

PHP/ MySQL

Reactjs

HTML, CSS, Javascript

Net C#

Timeline

Product Manager

Experian
10.2020 - Current

Front End React.js Developer

Viasat Inc
06.2019 - 08.2020

Front End Engineer

Herbalife
01.2019 - 06.2019

Software Engineer

RHH Digital Solutions Inc.
04.2018 - 12.2018

Full Stack Developer

Arvato Bertelsmann
07.2016 - 04.2018

Front End Developer

Beachbody
04.2016 - 06.2016

Front End Developer

Deluxe Media
09.2015 - 04.2016

Master of Arts - Psychology /MFT

Chapman University
09.2010 - 06.2012

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology/ Cognitive Science Emphasis

University Santa Barbara
09.2003 - 06.2007

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