Living Resume · 2026
Ryan C. Meinzer

Ryan C. Meinzer

CTO  ·  AI Systems Architect  ·  Serial Founder  ·  DFW, TX, USA

ryancmeinzer@gmail.com 1.972.841.8379 linkedin.com/in/ryancmeinzer

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25+
years engineering leadership
3
companies founded & exited
42+
AI agents in production
3
months zero to live customers

Where his work has shipped

19 organizations · 3 sector clusters

Aerospace & Aviation 07 marks
  • Rolls-Roycevia Dallas Airmotive · 2002–2007
  • Honeywellvia Dallas Airmotive · 2002–2007
  • United Airlinesvia XM Aerospace · 2009–2010
  • Continental Airlinesvia XM Aerospace · 2010
  • Southwest Airlinesvia XM Tek · 2009
  • BBA AviationDallas Airmotive parent · 2002–2007; via XM Tek, 2008
  • Fraportvia XM Tek · 2008
Finance, FinTech & Real Estate 05 marks
  • Capital OneHome Loans · 2017–2018
  • Wells Fargovia XM Tek · 2020
  • First American FinancialMortgage Solutions · 2018–2020
  • Fiservvia XM Tek · 2010
  • CBREAgile transformation · 2016–2017
Software, Internet & Energy 07 marks
  • id Softwarevia Definitive Web · 1996–2001
  • Sun Microsystemsvia Definitive Web · 1996–2001
  • Yahoo!via Definitive Web · 1996–2001
  • Broadcast.comvia Definitive Web · 1996–2001
  • Red Hatvia Definitive Web · 1996–2001
  • ExoLinkProgrammer / Analyst Lead · 2001–2002
  • BalfourDirector of Engineering · 2013–2016

Organizations whose systems Ryan has built, led, or advised on as an employee, consultant, or engagement partner. All marks are the property of their respective owners and appear here to indicate work history, not endorsement.

Part I

Who Ryan Is

Ryan is a serial founder and enterprise technology executive. He has shipped production systems at marquee enterprises such as Capital One, Rolls-Royce, United Airlines, and First American Financial, among others, across regulated industries: healthcare, FinTech, aerospace, and energy. He has built, scaled, and exited three companies — spanning web software, aerospace, and oil & gas.

He is currently Co-Founder and CTO of an AI-native screening platform he built from zero to live customers in under three months. He holds the CTO seat deliberately. He is an operator and builder, not a figurehead.

He thinks in systems and sees architecture in everything. He leads from inside the work, not from above it.

Part II

How He Thinks About AI

Ryan is an AI practitioner, not an AI enthusiast. He has strong opinions about where the line between human and machine judgment belongs, and he builds systems that respect it. The full engineering doctrine is on the manifesto. The short version is below.

01

Zero black boxes.

If a system can't explain its reasoning in plain language, it shouldn't be touching a human decision.

02

Zero automated decisions.

AI structures and surfaces signal. Humans decide.

03

Separation of concerns as a safety mechanism.

The system that gathers information is architecturally isolated from the system that evaluates it. Momentum must not become mandate.

04

Transparency is a constraint, not a claim.

Every decision trail is logged, auditable, and explainable to any human sitting across the table.

Part III

What He's Shipped

Reduced human time-to-deal in procurement AI (Cato Supply, 5M+ SKUs) 83% reduction
Increased deployment frequency via AI-augmented CI/CD (Cato Supply) 300% increase
Reduced per-user infrastructure cost via serverless architecture (Cato Supply) 37% reduction
Increased release reliability for top US bank via SecDevOps (XM Tek) 140% increase
Reduced release time for top US bank via SecDevOps (XM Tek) 70% reduction
Revenue increase post-merger as acquisition tech lead (First American Financial) 300%+
Reduced cloud costs via AWS migration (First American Financial) 80% reduction
Consumer mortgage/auto app volume increase (Capital One) 64% increase
Current platform: zero to live customers, 42+ agents in production <3 months
Part IV

How He Builds

An executive who still codes. Not a hands-off strategist. Built the multi-agent architecture of his current platform hands-on.

Agentic AI Python Agent Choreography PHP RAG / Vector Databases (Pinecone, PgVector) JavaScript Linux LLM / SLM (public & private models) Redis / Postgres / MySQL / Cassandra Automated CI/CD Serverless & Containers (Docker, Lambda, Functions) AWS Solutions Architect Datadog / SigNoz / BetterStack Agilist (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, LeSS)

Certifications

CSM CSPO A+CSM A+CSPO CSP+SM CSP+PO SFE SAFe-SA PMP PMI-ACP AWS Solutions Architect Six Sigma Green Belt (retired) RHCE Sun Certified Java Programmer (Java 2) Sun Certified Solaris System Administrator Sun Certified Solaris Developer

Education

Bachelor of Science in E-Business Management, with Honors — Westwood College.

Part V

Where He's Been

Industries

Energy Big Tech Aerospace Big Data Healthcare Gaming Diagnostic Medicine FinTech (Mortgage & Personal Finance) Manufacturing Banking (Commercial & Retail) Agentic AI Logistics

Timeline

2025–
Now
Co-Founder & CTO
SageScreen
Built an AI-native candidate screening platform from zero to live customers in under 90 days. 42+ specialized agents in production, with architectural separation between the system that gathers and the system that evaluates. Full audit trail. Zero automated hiring decisions. Human authority always.
2025
CTO
XM Tek
CTO seat through a critical phase of the consultancy. Set the technical bar for engagements across regulated industries and AI-augmented delivery.
2024–
2025
Sr. Director of Engineering
Cato
Architected and led the 0→1 build of an agentic AI platform for real-time medical supply procurement across 5M+ SKUs. Cut per-user infrastructure cost 37% on an event-driven AWS rebuild.
2023–
2024
VP of Platform Engineering
Ampliforce
Led the development and deployment of AI platforms for regulated industries. Modernized legacy systems into self-optimizing platforms. Navigated SOC2, HITRUST, and ISO compliance to ship secure, audit-defensible AI in domains that don't grade on a curve.
2021–
2023
Director of Software Engineering
SmartAsset
Owned identity, entitlement, and event architecture for a high-traffic FinTech platform. Drove SOC2 readiness, designed an AWS Cognito identity solution that cut entitlement-management cost 35%, and introduced a Salesforce wrapper that cut data duplication 80%. Founded Agile and Architecture Centers of Excellence.
2020–
2021
Sr. Director of Software Engineering
XM Tek
SecDevOps lead across 100+ agile teams at a top US bank. Lifted release reliability 140% and cut release time 70% by rebuilding the pipeline and the security-review path that gated it. Architected a cloud ML platform processing 1M+ documents per month. Drove federal-agency and Fortune 500 training on security, reliability, and efficiency.
2018–
2020
VP of Information Technology
First American Mortgage Solutions
CTO across three subsidiaries through two acquisitions. Drove 300%+ revenue growth post-close. Migrated to AWS cutting cloud cost 80% and release time 60%. Shipped a mobile platform that took 11% market share in 90 days. OCR + ML automation slashed manual dependencies.
2017–
2018
Sr. Manager of Software Engineering
Capital One
Built the bridge between legacy mainframe systems and modern interfaces, projected to save $1M+/year. Managed the divestiture transition for thousands of mortgages with zero InfoSec issues. Migrated APIs and microservices to AWS, cutting maintenance cost 40%. Pioneered RPA in financial services.
2013–
2016
Director of Engineering
Balfour / AAC
Lead enterprise architect. Built an HTML5 online yearbook editor that exceeded feature and delivery goals. Led the strategic acquisition of a rival printing company, lifting revenue ~20% with ~300% ROI on divestiture. Drove the move to cloud-based SaaS with SSO and custom reporting.
2009–
2010
Director of Software Engineering
XM Tek
Built cloud applications for clients across grant systems and e-commerce. Advised companies in the airline and energy sectors on Agile practices and value creation, including a notable engagement with United Airlines during the consolidation era.
2007–
2008
Application Development Manager
Caris Diagnostics
Healthcare. Rolled out a nationwide software solution integrating key medical systems, streamlining diagnostic results delivery and lifting residual revenue 23%+.
2002–
2007
Systems Development Manager
Dallas Airmotive (Rolls-Royce)
Aerospace. Built a global maintenance web portal in collaboration with airlines worldwide, improving repair times, forecasting, and aircraft utilization. Led ERP and CRM rollouts across US and UK operations with international teams.
2001–
2002
Programmer / Analyst Lead
ExoLink Corporation
Energy industry. Hands-on engineering inside an operational environment where uptime and audit trail meant something concrete long before the rest of tech caught up.
1996–
2001
VP of Operations
Definitive Web Productions
First company. Built and exited. During this period also delivered engagements with Sun Microsystems, Broadcast.com, Yahoo, and id Software.
Part VI

On Stage

Ryan teaches in public, not just in private. He has spoken at international Scrum Gatherings, industry panels, corporate engineering conferences, and — for four years running — the national high school journalism circuit, where he made the case that Agile belongs in a classroom just as much as it belongs in a sprint. His style is visual and demo-driven: diagrams and live builds over slideware.

AI & Engineering Leadership

AI in the hiring process Panel · Tech Titans, Dallas
2026
DFW Innovation Days Slalom, Dallas
2024
Finance in the changing mortgage world USC Marshall School of Business
2018
Rage with the Machine SECON · Capital One Software Engineering Conference
2017
Security in aerospace IT Panel · NBAA, Orlando
2006

Agile & Scrum

Games for Learning Global Scrum Gathering · London
2018
Open Space Regional Scrum Gathering · Singapore
2017
Open Space & Games for Learning Volunteer facilitator · Global Scrum Gathering · Dublin
2017
Green Trees are a Fallacy! Mini session · Global Scrum Gathering · Munich
2016
Open Space Global Scrum Gathering · Prague
2015
Conference session PyCon · Montréal
2014
Conference sessions WordCamp DFW
2011, 2012, 2013

Agile in Education

Transparency: feeling your way to success JEA/NSPA Fall National Convention · Boston
2013
Using Agile outside traditional areas JEA/NSPA Spring National Convention · San Diego
2014
Kanban for classroom management JEA/NSPA Fall National Convention · Washington, D.C.
2014
Kanban and Lean at the school administration level JEA/NSPA Spring National Convention · Denver
2015
Using Agile in the classroom JEA/NSPA Fall National Convention · Orlando
2015
Agile & Scrum for large-scale education programs Workshops · Pepperdine University
Summers 2014–2016
Advisor Development Workshops Trainer · Balfour / American Achievement
2013, 2014
Annual Sales Conference American Achievement Corporation
2014, 2015, 2016
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Part VIII

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