Professional bio

Ryan Parman is an entrepreneur, open source evangelist, fierce user advocate, and web multidisciplinarian who takes a wide view of the whole system. He is the founder and visionary behind SimplePie™ and CloudFusion™, co-founder of WarpShare™, member of the RSS Advisory Board, and creator of the AWS SDK for PHP.

Founding SimplePie in 2004, he grew the open-source project until it became the world's most popular RSS software for PHP developers. SimplePie has been bundled with popular open-source projects like WordPress, Joomla! and Drupal, and has been used by companies such as Yahoo!, Sony, and MTV Networks. SimplePie is currently in-use by hundreds of thousands of websites, all over the world.

In 2006, four digital natives wondered why it was so hard to watch, listen and share their favorite music, movies and TV shows with their friends. WarpShare was created to make it fun and easy to enjoy your favorite content with your friends, in a way that is fair to the people who create the content we all enjoy.

In 2008, Ryan and WarpShare open-sourced CloudFusion — a fast, easy-to-use toolkit for working with Amazon Web Services. Because of CloudFusion's popularity with Amazon's customers, Amazon chose to adopt CloudFusion in early 2010 as the basis for the official AWS SDK for PHP.

Ryan inherently understands that the customer is the single most valuable asset an organization can have, and is driven by the unrelenting pursuit of customer-driven focus, ideals and user experience. His attention to quality and customers has garnered raving fans all over the world. Ryan believes:

1. The user interface should drive design decisions because it's what customers actually use. Start with the user experience, then move your way backward through the technology stack.
2. Software engineering exists to support the customer experience — whether it's creating a web application, designing a web service API, or architecting a scalable infrastructure. If software engineers aren't thinking about the customer every step of the way, they're Doing It Wrong™.
3. If a decision comes down to making things easier for the customer versus making things easier for the software engineering team, customers should win every single time without question.
4. If it's not in the best interests of your customers, it's not in the best interests of your business. The best way to engage your customers is to be transparent, honest, and genuine. Respect your customers. Have a passion for your customers. Love your customers, and they will love you back.

Ryan is a Christian and a prefectionist, has a snarky and sarcastic sense of humor, and doesn't vote down party lines. Originally from Fresno then Silicon Valley, Ryan currently lives near Seattle with his two children and a dog named Jack Bauer. Ryan's aptly-named blog, Flailing Wildly, is where he writes about ideas longer than 140 characters.

Short professional bio

Ryan Parman is a technologist, entrepreneur and open source hacker. He is the founder and visionary behind SimplePie™ and CloudFusion™, co-founder of WarpShare™, member of the RSS Advisory Board, and creator of the AWS SDK for PHP.

Ryan inherently understands that the customer is the single most valuable asset an organization can have, and is driven by the unrelenting pursuit of customer-driven focus, ideals and user experience. Ryan's aptly-named blog, Flailing Wildly, is where he writes about ideas longer than 140 characters.

Shorter professional bio (250-characters)

Ryan Parman is a technologist, entrepreneur and open source hacker. He is a software engineer who is fiercely passionate and downright obsessive about user experience. He inherently understands that the customer is the single most valuable asset an organization can have, and is driven by the unrelenting pursuit of customer-driven focus, ideals and user experience.

Shortest professional bio (140-characters)

Technologist, Entrepreneur and Open Source Hacker. Creator of the AWS SDK for PHP, SimplePie, CloudFusion & WarpShare.

Short personal bio

Hi, my name is Ryan. I live near Seattle where I'm a Software Engineer and Web Developer for Amazon Web Services. In my spare time I goof around with my kids, watch movies, listen to music, cook, blog, and write software that benefits the entire web community. Previously, I founded or co-founded SimplePie, CloudFusion and WarpShare. I value honesty, respect, passion, and being genuine. I believe in making tomorrow a better place than today.

Shorter personal bio (250-characters)

My name is Ryan. I live near Seattle where I write software that makes people happy. I love my kids, movies, music, and giving back. I value honesty, respect, passion, and being genuine. I believe in making tomorrow a better place than today.

Shortest personal bio (140-characters)

I write software. I fight for users. I founded @SimplePie, @CloudFusion & @WarpShare. I believe in making tomorrow a better place than today.