Selected Work

Projects demonstrating systems thinking, practical implementation, and operational value.

These projects show how Ryan approaches problems across operational systems, technology and data, and field systems.

Technology & Data

Adaptive Sensor Fabric (ASF)

A proposal submission for the DND IDEaS Urban Intelligence Challenge.

Problem

Urban situational awareness requires fusing diverse data sources — traffic cameras, weather, marine traffic, aircraft, air quality, transit — into coherent, actionable intelligence.

Approach

Designed sensor-agnostic AI middleware using a pipeline architecture for multi-sensor fusion, explainable AI, and real-time processing across 44+ data source adapters.

Result

Submitted as a proposal to the DND IDEaS Urban Intelligence Challenge. Demonstrates how existing urban infrastructure data can be turned into operational awareness without requiring new hardware.

What It Demonstrates

Systems architecture, multi-sensor thinking, AI/data fusion, infrastructure-level design.

Operational Systems

ComplyCam

A compliance and inspection platform for multi-location operations.

Problem

Operational inspections often live in inconsistent checklists, message threads, and manager memory — making it difficult to maintain standards across locations.

Approach

Designed a Laravel-based system for standardized inspection workflows, reporting, accountability tracking, and recurring operational cadence across locations.

Result

Standardized inspection routines, improved cross-store visibility into standards compliance, and created accountability through structured reporting.

What It Demonstrates

Process design, workflow systems, operational measurement, practical software application to operational problems.

ComplyCam is now its own product at complycam.com. Why I built it →

Field Systems

CapnCoil

A mobile field platform for testing equipment in the conditions it has to survive.

Problem

Off-grid mobile systems require reliable power, thermal planning, storage, durability, and practical field access — conditions that laboratory testing does not reproduce.

Approach

Designed and built a complete mobile platform addressing electrical systems, fabrication, power management, cold-weather operation, and long-term durability testing.

Result

A real-world platform for testing equipment, power systems, and products under the conditions they must survive.

What It Demonstrates

Practical integration, field problem solving, real-world constraints, hands-on engineering.

This project now lives at CapnCoil.

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