Curriculum Vitae

ryan@t3books.com · Fresno, CA · GitHub

Software engineer and educator with a background in chemistry research. CTO of a growing fund accounting SaaS, professor of organic chemistry, and Anthropic Partner Network member. I build production systems, teach complex subjects, and write about the skills that stay durable as AI reshapes how we work.

Experience

CTO & Co-founder

2023 - present

T3 Software · Fresno, CA

  • Built T3 Books, a fund accounting SaaS for nonprofits, as the sole developer — 230K+ lines of frontend (React/MUI), 138K+ lines of backend across 8 modular Firebase Cloud Function codebases
  • Designed a real-time Firestore-to-BigQuery sync pipeline using Storage Write API, powering zero-delay multi-dimensional financial reporting
  • Integrated Plaid (banking), Stripe (payments), Google Document AI (PDF reconciliation), PushPay, Ramp, and 4 other third-party platforms
  • Built a RAG-powered support chatbot with semantic search (Chroma), automatic escalation, and bug detection
  • Implemented distributed tracing via Sentry across all backend services
  • ~100 signups, ~55 active organizations and growing

Professor, Chemistry

2016 - present

College of the Sequoias · Visalia, CA

  • Teach organic chemistry (CHEM 12/13) and introductory chemistry (CHEM 20), lecture and laboratory
  • Designed and piloted the college's first hybrid online chemistry program (2018-2019)
  • Built ChemLearn, a full-stack LMS with chemistry-specific grading (sig figs, unit conversion, formula input) and Canvas LMS integration
  • Division Chair of Science Department (2020-2022, elected) — managed department through COVID, built course schedules, led outcomes assessment and continuous improvement

Teacher, Chemistry & Physics

2014 - 2016

Clovis North Educational Center · Fresno, CA

  • Taught AP Chemistry, AP Physics, and college prep sciences
  • Received Stanford University Recognition for Exceptional Teaching (Fall 2015), signed by President John Hennessy and Dean of Admissions Richard Shaw
  • Concurrent adjunct instructor at Clovis Community College (Jan 2015 - July 2016)

Teacher, Physics

2012 - 2014

Edison High School, Fresno Unified · Fresno, CA

  • Instructional Lead Teacher for the Physics Department

Wedding Photography Business

2008 - 2020

Self-employed · Fresno, CA

  • Founded and operated a wedding photography business through college, graduate school, and early teaching career

Technical

Languages & Frameworks

TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Node.js, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Material UI

Cloud & Infrastructure

Firebase (Cloud Functions, Firestore, Auth, Hosting), Google Cloud (BigQuery, Document AI, Storage), Vercel

Data & APIs

PostgreSQL, Firestore, BigQuery, Prisma, Plaid, Stripe, Chroma (vector DB), REST APIs

AI & ML

Claude API (Anthropic Partner Network), OpenAI API, RAG architecture, BigQuery ML, prompt engineering

Education

M.S. Chemistry

2015

California State University, Fresno

Thesis: Synergy of Curcumin with a Variety of Natural Products — synthetic routes for curcumin derivatives with anticancer potential

Teaching Credential — Chemistry, Physics, Biology

2012

Fresno Pacific University

B.S. Biochemistry

2011

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Undergraduate research: antimony oxidation by Agrobacterium tumefaciens — presented at ACS National Conference (San Francisco, 2010)

Research & Publications

  • “Synergy of Curcumin with a Variety of Natural Products”

    M.S. Thesis, CSU Fresno, 2015. Synthetic routes for water-soluble curcumin derivatives targeting improved bioavailability for cancer treatment.

  • “Antimony Oxidation by Mutants of Agrobacterium tumefaciens”

    ACS National Conference, San Francisco, 2010. Co-authored. Elucidation of biological antimony (III) to (V) oxidation mechanism via mutant screening and gene sequencing.

Recognition

Stanford University Recognition for Exceptional Teaching

Fall 2015

Signed by Stanford President John Hennessy and Dean of Admissions Richard Shaw. Nominated by student Austin Flores (Stanford CS, Class of 2019, full scholarship): “The most impacting thing I learned from him is that looking over notes only is not studying. It takes interacting with them and applying them to real life events to really understand it all.”