underture.com: About Paul Ryan

Professional Experience

4/04 – Present, Perform Local Inc. (Done Right!), Pasadena

CEO

Founder of Done Right!, a revolutionary multi-channel lead generation business for Home Improvement professionals.

4/99 – 10/03, Overture Services Inc., Pasadena, CA

CTO

Senior technology executive of Overture Services, the industry leading and pioneering pay-for-performance search engine.  Built and managed the technology platform and technology team (250+ FTEs, several U.S. and International locations), including all software development, technical operations, software quality assurance, and project management and planning.

4/95 – 4/99, Delray Farms LLC, Chicago, IL

CIO

One of the founding members of the management team for a rapid-growth retail concept based in Chicago.  Concept involved fresh markets located in inner-city locations.  Peak sales and store count was $140mm/year at 14 stores.

8/92 – 4/95, Deloitte & Touche LLC, Chicago, IL

Manager, Management Consulting

Manager of IT and strategy consulting.

11/87 – 8/90, Digital Equipment Corporation, Ft. Meade, MD

Manager, Software Services

Manager of software development.

6/86 – 11/87, SRL, Ft. Meade, MD

Senior Developer

Software development for voice recognition systems (including digital filtration and processing).  Additional development of expert systems for phonological assistance systems for a variety of non-English languages.

6/85 – 6/86, Racal-Milgo, Sunrise, FL

Developer

Developer on a multi-system, multi-protocol network and modem management system.

Education

1992, Wharton, Univ. of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, MBA

1990, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, MS Computer Science

1985, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, BSE

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