# W. Ryan Zimmerman > Senior Software Engineer at Metron Location: Boulder, Colorado, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/wryanzimmerman Lead software engineer building research and communication tools for global health, science, and security research and decision-making. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Metron Jan 2024 – Present | Boulder, Colorado, United States ### Software Engineer @ Georgetown University Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States Software Engineer for the Data Lab at Georgetown University Center for Global Health, Science, and Security. ### Developer & Data Analyst @ Talus Analytics Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Boulder, Colorado, United States As the a lead developer for Talus Analytics, I was responsible for designing and implementing both the technical side of full stack projects and the internal tooling used across many projects to make them faster, less expensive to maintain, and more accessible to both developers and non-technical members of the team. In addition to leading development of new projects, I am responsible for maintaining a variety of projects and systems involving 32 repositories and many resources including over 20 Elastic beanstalk applications with over 40 EC2 instances running several platforms, connecting to over 50 databases running on 5 database servers, in addition to fully serverless applications. Publicly available projects for which I have held significant or leadership roles include COVID Local, COVID AMP, HIV Policy Lab, Epidemic EM, COVAT Now, and others. I have also taken the lead on designing the structure and best practices for a launching new projects, standardizing the primary branch names and purposes, and building both resource and code automations. Project launch time has reduced from a day and a half down to just half an hour, while increasing test and development environments making deployment more robust and client communication easier. In addition to project automation, I have also developed internal libraries such as AirtableCMS, which altlows non-technical users to edit all site content in Airtable and streamlines the deployment process while testing all content definitions. I have also developed the DimPlot library, which is a modern react-first plotting library which is designed with fast visualization iteration in mind. ### Photographer & Graphic Designer @ Freelance Photographer & Graphic Designer Jan 2013 – Jan 2020 Humanitarian and adventure photographer specialized in working directly with clients to produce studio-quality images that convey complex messages regardless of location challenges all over the world. Locations so far include various places all over the western US, Haiti, and Guatemala. I have been involved with many projects so far including: Photographing the launch of a new system to track the most at-risk orphans in Haiti, Documenting the effects of responsible medical donations in Guatemala, Telling the story of the Texas MSRO who tested and packaged those donations, Chasing tornadic supercells with an international team of environmental advocates, Putting faces to the voices behind Mile High United Way's 211 Call Center to highlight Healthlink211 software. ### Chief Technology Officer @ DaVinci Industries Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Wisconsin ### Graphic & Web Designer @ Visionlink Software & Consulting Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | Boulder, Colorado Graphic design for corporate and customer assets. Tools include Bootstrap, Hugo, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Affinity Designer, and Acrobat Pro. ### Marketing Communications Intern @ Visionlink Software & Consulting Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Boulder, Colorado Developed a brand identity package: logos, typography, colors and color rules, attribution standards, document templates, and a custom email signature management application. Tools: Usage analytics A/B business card testing Competitive brand analysis ### Coach @ Fencing Academy of Denver Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Greater Denver Area Coached after school and recreational programs in Littleton, Parker, Northglen, and other locations in Colorado, while competing in many North American Cups and two Junior Olympics. The Fencing Academy of Denver supported me in attending a coaching workshop held by Maestro Wes Glon, U.S. Olympic Fencing Team coach in 1992 and 1996 and the coach of 11-time NCAA Champion Penn State. The week-long workshop stressed leadership and both mental and physical coaching skills to prepare me for teaching classes to a wide variety of age groups and skill levels. Coached by: Tom Strzalkowski: Head Coach and founder of Fencing Academy of Denver, 1996 U.S. Olympic Fencing Team member, and National Junior Champion in 1989, among many other achievements. ## Education ### Bachelor’s Degree in Economics & Political Science St. Olaf College Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 ### High School Arapahoe Community College Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/w-ryan-zimmerman - Website: https://ryanzimmerman.dev - Website: http://ryanzimmermanphotography.blogspot.com - Website: http://ryanzimmerman.photography --- Source: https://flows.cv/wryanzimmerman JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/wryanzimmerman/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23