Ryan Barner

SKILLS

PROJECTS

ProTag

Music almanac web app that leverages the Genius API. With interactive D3 and Chart.js data visualizations, users are given an innovative way to explore the creation of their favorite music and artists.

Tech Stack: Python, JavaScript, AJAX, HTML5, CSS3, JSON, SQL, Flask, jQuery, Bootstrap, scikit-learn

Mobility

Mobility provides users with data visualizations of the frequency of bikes and scooters in US's main regions. Mobility aggregates all GBFS feeds to enable developers to build data visualizations.

Tech Stack: Python, JavaScript, AJAX, SQL, Flask, jQuery, kepler.gl

We the People

Social network addressing the 16th sustainable development goal: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions. Users, referred to as citizens, can portfolio their accomplishments for social good and visualize that data. Via a JIRA-like “ticket” system, users can assign initiatives to politicians, whom also have profiles, neighbors, or themselves.

Tech Stack: Python, JavaScript, AJAX, HTML5, CSS3, JSON, SQL, Flask, jQuery, Bootstrap

CAREER

	Lyft Software Engineer Intern Software Engineer Apprentice Software Engineer Autonomous Vehicle Engineering Operations Analyst Financial Data Analyst Financial Analyst	6+ yrs May 2020 - Present Jan 2020 - Apr 2020 (4 mos) Jun 2019 - Dec 2019 (6 mos) Aug 2018 - Jan 2019 (6 mos) Jan 2018 - Aug 2018 (8 mos) Apr 2016 - Jan 2018 (1 yr 9 mos)
	Deloitte eDiscovery Associate Anti-Money Laundering Project Associate eDiscovery Intern	1 yr 11 mos Mar 2015 - Apr 2016 (1 yr 2 mos) Aug 2014 - Feb 2015 (7 mos) Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 (3 mos)

EDUCATION

	Hackbright Academy, San Francisco, CA Full Stack Software Engineering Certificate	Jan 2019 - Mar 2019
	University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Bachelor of Arts, Economics Minor, Business Law	Jun 2010 - May 2014
	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy Semester Abroad	Jan 2013 - May 2013

OTHER EXPERIENCE

HACKATHONS

	Lyft's Summer Scorcher Hackathon Created a meme generator with my colleagues from multiple teams.	Jun 2019
	Minerva School's 1st Annual Hackathon Sustainability hackathon. Designed, engineered, and demoed a social network for social good, We the People, a web app teaching the 15 million young people who do not yet vote the power of that right.	Apr 2019
	DataKind SF/Bay Area Collaborated with data scientists to contribute cleaned and hosted data in two-day hackathon focused on answering the question, "Who experiences homelessness from 2015 - 2018 in Los Angeles?".	Jul 2018

PANELS

	Teens Exploring Technology Inspired Black and Latino college-bound boys from Los Angeles, CA to pursue careers in tech by serving on a panel with my colleagues.	Jul 2022
	UpLyft Forward Shared my experiences transitioning from Finance to Software Engineering internally with Lyft's Black Employee Resource Group, Uplyft Forward.	Aug 2021
	USC Economics Alumni Association Advised college students on how to navigate post graduation with an Economics degree.	Mar 2021
	Codebar Festival Gave attendees advice on how to snag their first developer role.	Mar 2021
	Sisters in Tech Shared my experiences in tech on this podcast catering to Black women in or interested in tech.	Feb 2021
	USC Women in Economics Shared my experiences in college and beyond with University of Southern California's female Economics students.	Oct 2020
	USC NSBE Shared my experiences of working in tech with aspiring software engineering students in the University of Southern California's National Society of Black Engineers (USC NSBE) chapter.	Sep 2020
	NextSteps DevCon Spoke about my journey transitioning from Finance & Operations Data Analytics to Software Engineering.	Apr 2020
	TechExchange SF Shared my experiences of working in tech with aspiring software engineering students attending HBCUs.	Apr 2020
	Hackbright Academy Advised bootcamp grad candidates on how to snag their first developer job.	Jun 2019
	Ignite Worldwide Encouraged students of Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in San Francisco, CA to pursue careers in STEM fields by sharing about my path and challenges faced in my career.	May 2019
	National Association of Adventurous Black Women Gave the audience of women in tech my perspective of how to authentically live their best and boldest lives at the Impact Hub in Oakland, CA.	Jul 2018
	Black Girls Code Shared my journey from a curriculum in Economics to a tech career at Lyft with a group of college-bound girls interested in coding in San Francisco, CA.	Jul 2018
	United Negro College Fund Spoke about my experiences at Lyft with Howard University students studying Computer Science in Washington, DC.	Feb 2018
	Teens Exploring Technology Inspired Black and Latino college-bound boys from Los Angeles, CA to pursue careers in tech by serving on a panel with my colleagues. Conducted tour of Lyft's HQ.	Apr 2017
	Served on a panel with my colleagues answering questions around working at a growing start up.	Sep 2016
	University of Southern California Shared insight about the transition from college to working full time to students studying Economics at the University of Southern California.	Mar 2016