Ryan Kwon

Ryan Kwon is a Senior Software Engineer at Retool based in San Francisco, California.1 He has a strong background in software engineering with experience at prominent tech companies.

Professional Experience

Prior to joining Retool, Ryan's career highlights include:

Software Engineer at Pavilion:

• Worked from May 2022 to June 2023 (1 year 2 months)1

Software Engineer at Dropbox:

• Employed from February 2018 to April 2022 (4 years 3 months)1
• Focused primarily on CI and desktop releases
• Key accomplishments:
  • Formalized Dropbox's Desktop CI strategy
  • Led a project to improve desktop experience, saving over 5,500 hours of productivity annually
  • Designed and led a team to build Dropbox's release tooling
  • Contributed to core technologies for Dropbox's desktop end-to-end test runner
  • Provided mentoring and onboarding talks for new hires

Software Engineering Intern at Dropbox:

• Summer internship from June to August 20171
• Created an independent versioning system for the Mac auto-updater

Education

Ryan Kwon attended Williams College, though his specific degree is not mentioned in the available information.1

Additional Background

Ryan has demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit and technical leadership in his earlier roles:

• Co-founded and served as CTO for Urtu (originally NiuPiao), winning the Grand Prize in the Williams College 2015 Business Plan Challenge1
• Developed an MVP for Moodpoint as a Senior Programmer, which helped secure initial investment of $100,0001
• Created "Daily Messenger," a personalized filter service for Williams College's daily email newsletter1

Ryan Kwon's LinkedIn profile showcases a professional with a strong background in software engineering, particularly in areas such as CI/CD, desktop applications, and entrepreneurial ventures in the tech industry.