Ryan Garver, a UC Santa Barbara graduate, is a renowned software engineer expert in growing teams that can move mountains. Working as a developer at Elevate Labs, a creative studio building uncommonly engaging and effective educational products, Garver is responsible for leading the development team. With prior roles as technical advisor and CTO, he has amassed experience in technology strategy, development, and architecture. As founder and freelancer at Ryan Garver LLC, Ryan works with small to mid-sized businesses to create innovative software solutions. Garver started his career as a student/researcher at UCSB and later as a software engineer consultant. Before joining Elevate Labs, he held key positions, including CTO at ProFounder and Avalon Restaurant Operating System, Director of Engineering at WayUp, and Member of Technical Staff at Doxel.ai. He helped shape technology architecture and build high-performance engineering organizations at these companies.