Architect, AI Engineering for Developer Productivity

AI Engineering
From Prototype to Platform

I design and ship agentic systems, AI pipelines, and the developer platforms that run them. Before that, I co-founded the ServiceNow engineering bootcamp that trained 4,000+ engineers and generated $200M in business value by cutting ramp time from 6 months to 30 days.

4,000+
Engineers Trained
$200M
Business Value
250+
Sessions Delivered
Tommy Ryan

About Me

Building AI products end to end, from model calls to production infrastructure

I'm an Architect, AI Engineering for Developer Productivity at ServiceNow, with 8+ years of platform engineering behind me, and I spend my nights and weekends shipping AI-native products. I care about the whole stack: context and memory design, evaluation loops, the Rust and Python underneath, and the cloud it deploys to.

AI Engineering

Agent architectures, persistent context and memory systems, LLM pipelines with automated quality checks, and tool integrations built on the Claude API and MCP.

Platform Engineering

Kubernetes and cloud deployment across AWS, GCP, and Azure for enterprise-scale ServiceNow solutions, plus modern edge and serverless stacks for my own products.

Developer Enablement

Co-founded an enterprise-wide engineering bootcamp, built internal developer communities, and wrote the technical content that became standard reference material.

Unusual Background

Former collegiate and semi-professional basketball player (6'10") who brings competitive discipline and coaching instincts to engineering work.

Core Competencies

AI Engineering

  • Agentic architectures & tool use
  • Context, memory & prompt design
  • LLM pipelines & eval loops
  • Claude API, MCP, local models

Platform & Infrastructure

  • Kubernetes & containers
  • AWS, GCP, Azure
  • Railway, Vercel, Cloudflare
  • CI/CD & developer tooling

Languages & Frameworks

  • TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go
  • React, FastAPI, Tauri, Node.js
  • PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy
  • Java, C#, C++

Projects

Products and agent tooling I design, build, and run myself

Yacho 野帳

AI-augmented field notebook

The open-source notebook framework Yachito is built on. A structured markdown workspace that gives AI assistants persistent context across sessions: priority trackers, weekly plans, runbooks, a memory system, and a command set for Claude Code.

  • Markdown
  • Claude Code
  • Context engineering
  • Open source

Clide

Agentic coding CLI

A Go-based CLI that chats with Claude or Gemini and reads and edits files directly on disk. Built before agentic coding tools like Claude Code existed.

  • Go
  • Claude API
  • Tool use

Clide MCP

Local context server for agents

A local Model Context Protocol server with hybrid semantic and text search over docs, offline LLM workflows through Ollama, and a plugin system for extending agent context.

  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • MCP
  • Ollama

umdbro

Documents to Markdown for LLMs

Converts PDF, DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX files to clean Markdown before they hit a model's context window, cutting token usage by roughly 80 to 90 percent.

  • Python
  • Claude Code skill

skills

Agent skill library

Sixteen modular, spec-compliant skills for Claude Code and Cursor covering the full define, build, verify, review, and ship workflow.

  • AgentSkills.io spec
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor

Arcado

Arcade tycoon, pixel by pixel

A management game where you build an arcade floor, fill it with cabinets, and keep the whole thing from falling apart. Procedural backgrounds, gamepad support, and SCUMM-style interaction. A playground for spec-driven, agent-assisted development.

  • Phaser 3
  • TypeScript
  • Vite

Experience

Platform engineering at enterprise scale, with a track record of measurable impact

Sr. Staff Software Engineer

ServiceNow Dec 2017 - Present

Platform Engineering

Led Kubernetes and cloud deployment initiatives for enterprise-scale ServiceNow platform solutions across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Engineering Bootcamp

Co-founded and scaled an enterprise-wide engineering bootcamp from concept to company-wide adoption, training 4,000+ engineers across 250+ sessions.

Business Impact

Generated $200M in measurable business value by reducing engineering ramp time from 6 months to 30 days.

Developer Evangelist Consultant

Twilio Inc. Pre-2017

Developed communication platform solutions using REST APIs and modern web technologies, contributing to developer experience initiatives.

Technical Lead

Qualcomm Pre-2017

Led software development projects in healthcare technology and educational platforms, including a re-platforming of a multi-million dollar healthcare application using Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies.

Consulting

Hands-on help shipping AI systems and the platforms they run on

AI Engineering & Architecture

Design and build agentic systems that hold up in production, from the first prototype to the eval loop that keeps it honest.

  • Agent and tool-use architecture
  • Context, memory & retrieval design
  • Evaluation and quality pipelines
  • Model and provider strategy

Platform & Cloud Architecture

Practical guidance on platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, and the developer experience that sits on top of it.

  • Kubernetes & containerization
  • Multi-cloud and edge deployment
  • CI/CD implementation
  • Developer tooling

AI-Native Development Workflows

Set up your team to build with AI coding agents: repo conventions, persistent context, custom commands, and guardrails that scale.

  • Claude Code and MCP setup
  • Context engineering for repos
  • Spec-driven agent workflows
  • Team adoption playbooks

Engineering Enablement

Onboarding programs and developer communities that cut ramp time and make platform adoption stick.

  • Bootcamp and curriculum design
  • Hands-on workshops
  • Community building
  • Technical content

Education as Code™

Git-native technical training that evolves with your codebase

After generating $200M in business value by reducing ramp time from 6 months to 30 days, I systematized the methodology into a scalable, git-native platform any engineering organization can adopt.

Content as Code

Version-controlled curriculum that updates with your tech stack. No more stale training materials: the content evolves alongside the codebase it teaches.

Developer-Native

Engineers use Git, pull requests, and familiar tools instead of a clunky LMS. Learning happens in the same environment where work gets done.

AI-Powered

Intelligent content suggestions and personalized learning paths. AI identifies knowledge gaps and recommends targeted resources.

Zero Vendor Lock-in

Pure markdown and web technologies, hosted anywhere. Compare that to traditional LMS platforms at $50-200 per user per month.

Case Study: ServiceNow

Challenge

Scale technical onboarding for rapidly growing engineering teams at ServiceNow.

Solution

Co-founded an enterprise-wide bootcamp using Education as Code principles.

Results

  • 4,000+ engineers trained
  • $200M in business value
  • 85% reduction in ramp time
  • 250+ sessions delivered

Let's Work Together

Building something with AI, or need a platform that can carry it?