IT Consulting Experience

  Concept to implementation expert.

RYAN JOHNSON CONSULTING, Oklahoma City, OK ............................Jul 2024 to Present

Professional and personalized consulting service with a focus on tailored solutions in technology, business strategy, and creative services.

Founder and Consultant (7/24 - Present)

Founded and led a consulting firm specializing in helping businesses grow through technical, creative, and business strategy solutions. Examples:

· Startup Specializing in Custom Enterprise Software(2024 - Present): Led and consulted on the brand, business strategy, and operational processes for a growing custom enterprise software company. 

MYCG, Norman, OK .............................................................................................. Sept 2014 to Jul 2024

Large-scale enterprise software solutions for private companies and government organizations. Employees: 48.

Sr. Software Development Manager and Director of Business Development (2/23–7/24)

Sr. Software Development Manager (2/17–2/23)

Software Developer (9/14–2/17)

Recruited to perform UI/UX / front-end design, and quickly trained as full-stack developer. Promoted with added accountability to manage recruiting and hiring, helping MYCG grow from 12 to 48 employees. 

Promoted again into a blended role, leading software development management, business development, and operations management. Served on 4-member executive leadership team, managing client relationships and employee outputs across the product development lifecycle (e.g., roadmapping, design, prototyping, development, launch). Team: 48 through 5 direct reports. Reported to the Chief of Staff.

· Digital Transformation & Technology Consulting: Led up to 8 consultants and client-side team members in developing 45+ enterprise finance and information management systems(IMS) enabling the secure flow of billions of financial transactions and personal private information.

Clients ranged from start-up and multibillion-dollar private companies to state governments and regulatory bodies, with highly complex regulatory, financial, and informational requirements and feature. Examples:

- $18M Energy & Utility Regulator (2016 to 2024): Developed, designed or led the builds of 30+ fully integrated enterprise applications and technical projects used by a states’s principal regulatory agency comprising 400+ employees and hundreds of thousands of end users. 

IMS builds for billion-plus-dollar government divisions spanned oil and gas conservation, petroleum storage tank, judicial and legal services, transportation, and administrative services (finance).

- Public Service High-Speed Infrastructure (2014 to 2015): Analyzed and developed a new IMS enterprise application for a comprehensive digital communications entity of a state’s regent for higher education and research and education network.

IMS included financial, statutory, and reporting data, as well as portal to accommodate education, government, and other applications for discounted internet service. 

- $1.2B State Teacher’s Retirement System (2014 to 2024): Developed, designed or led the builds of 6+ fully integrated enterprise applications for a state’s retirement system, used by thousands of active users (e.g., teachers, investors, government officials).

Deliverables included an External Portal, TRS Employer Portal, and TRS IMS (Internal IMS Application), the latter recognized by a third party consulting audit as “the best pension system in the country.” 

- $100M State Supreme Court System (2014), (2016 to 2018): Consulted with Chief Justice, project managers, and developers on redesign of the web application and website for a state Supreme Court network. Helped develop a related enterprise application.

- $35M State Land Title Agency (2014 to 2024): Led development and developed 11 digital transformation projects and enterprise applicationsused by thousands of companies and individuals (e.g., oil and gas companies, land owners and renters, state government, law organizations).

Examples include Internal IMS, Land Auction Web Application, and Online Pay Portal.

· Team Building & Leadership (2017 to 2024): Built workforce from 12 to 48, including 3-5-member engineering, business analytics, project management, and UI/UX teams.

- Held employee retention at 95% between 2017 and 2024—developing a culture of recognition, productivity, and collaboration between technical and non-technical departments.

- Secured Best Place to Work in Oklahoma recognition, 2022.

- Developed strategic recruiting and hiring process through Techlahoma and OKC# leadership. 

- Participated in HR decision-making, including 5+ firings, unique legal situations, and laid the groundwork for a 2024 round of layoffs. Wrote and enforced performance improvement plans (PIPs), with 48 employees during tenure.  

HOBBY LOBBY, Oklahoma City, OK ........................................................... Oct 2012 to Sept 2014

E-commerce and brick-and-mortar lifestyle retailer. Revenue: $3.7B (FY14). Locations: 626. Employees: 28,000.

E-Commerce Designer (1/13–9/14)

Graphic Designer (10/12–1/13)

Hired to help integrate Hobby Lobby’s online wholesale arm, Crafts, Etc!, into the retailer’s core brand. Promoted to help evolve and standardize the company’s visual brand and marketing assets. 

· Email Modernization: Modernized Hobby Lobby’s email campaigns (e.g., responsive design, clean aesthetic)—Hobby Lobby’s most valuable marketing asset, accommodating 52+ annual advertising cycles.

Implemented innovative technologies and continuous improvement strategies that expanded open rates and brand recognition by more than double the previous years. 

· Strategic Marketing: Led weekly marketing meetings with the Green family and executive staff to closely aligning advertising campaigns with business objectives—helping the company fuel its growth from 490 to 626 stores.

· Team Leadership: Led 4-member creative team in designing and developing captivating web pages, graphics, emails, and advertising campaigns—increasing online traffic, sales, and brand recognition.

EARLY CAREER:

International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, Stillwater, OK, 

Graphic Designer, May 2008 to Oct 2012

Led production of internationally-facing Geo Outlook Magazine, as well as all IGSHPA publications.

EDUCATION:

Oklahoma State University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Electronic Media, 2009

BOARD APPOINTMENTS:

Board Member, Techlahoma Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 2018 to 2021

· Board Member and Membership Committee Chair (1/20–1/21)

· Member, Volunteer Management Committee (08/18–01/21)

· Member, Content, Marketing & Design Committee (08/18–01/21)

Advisory Board Member, Moore Norman Technology Center, Norman, OK, 2023 to present

ADVISORY ROLES:

Spark! – Consultant (2023)

OKC# User Group – User Group Leader (2018 – 2023)

Code For America – Consultant (2022)

Foundation for the Center of Counseling and Education – (2006 – 2009)

Habitat For Humanity – Consultant (2009 – 2010) 

MAIN TECHNOLOGIES:

Version Control:Git, GitHub, GitLab, Mercurial, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps

Languages: C#, HTML, SCSS, SQL, JavaScript, CSS, Dart

Frameworks: AngularJS, Angular 2-18, Flutter, Angular Material, Entity Framework, .Net Core, Bootstrap

Tools: SSRS, Visual Studio/Visual Studio Code, Adobe Creative Suite

Project Management Tools:Azure DevOps, Trello, Jira

Cloud Platforms:Microsoft Azure

CI/CD Pipelines:Azure DevOps