Ryan Monroe in a dark, cyan-lit architectural setting
Engineering Leader · AI Systems ArchitectMiami, FL · Remote

From ambiguityto production.

I build agent systems that perceive, reason, act, and scale — and I lead the teams that put them into production.

100+ applications led115-skill agent platformRegulated delivery

Selected Work

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01
AIC (AI Companion)
Local-first multimodal agent runtime combining voice, vision, memory, tools, and an embodied real-time interface across Apple Silicon and NVIDIA Jetson deployment profiles, with no cloud inference in the loop.
Python · C++Metal · VulkanRedis
Deployed · Edge + Mac2025 — Now
02
Genius Care
Clinical AI agent platform spanning voice reception, clinical documentation, encrypted workflow APIs, EHR and browser automation, durable writes, and human escalation — deployed, and onboarding its first pilot practice onto athenahealth.
Python · TypeScriptLiveKitFly.io · Cloudflare
Deployed · Pilot practice2026 — Now
03
Toolshed
Agent capability and operations platform of 115 skills across nine categories, plus executable services, MCP integrations, scheduled workflows, approvals, monitoring, and recoverable multi-host deployment.
Python · TypeScriptMCPMac · NVIDIA Jetson
Deployed · Multi-host2024 — Now
Hims & Hers via ImagineX
Engineering Manager / Tech Lead
Lead frontend and platform engineering for digital health products in a regulated environment, applying agentic development workflows to accelerate delivery without sacrificing quality.
Feb 2025 — Now
Fidelity Investments
Director / Full-Stack Engineering
Led the Technical Life Management initiative across 100+ applications; managed four senior engineers and built Snowflake data pipelines powering weekly LiveRamp audience uploads.
2023 — 2025
Hudson MX
Director of Software Engineering
Led engineering for a large-scale media-buying platform (Java Spring Boot + Angular), guiding distributed teams through a high-growth phase and maturing the engineering organization.
2020 — 2023
Independent
AI Research & Security Intelligence
Consulting in security intelligence for airspace monitoring (confidential client) and adversarial LLM research evaluating model behavior, safety boundaries, and prompt-defense weaknesses.
2024 — Now
NCR · State Farm
Lead / Senior Software Engineer
Led a 15-person Scrum team on NCR's next-gen POS platform across U.S., Prague, and India; earlier built scalable Spring Boot + Angular applications at State Farm.
2016 — 2020

I'm a strategic, hands-on engineering leader who builds products and the high-trust teams behind them. I've shipped across healthcare, fintech, adtech, and security — and I'm happiest when something genuinely hard finally works.

Focus
Agentic systems · Multimodal local inference · Clinical AI · Platform leadership
Stack
TypeScript · Python · C++ · React / Next.js · Cloud / edge · Anthropic / OpenAI
Education
Georgia Tech — M.S. CS coursework (ML) Georgia State — B.S. Computer Science

Advisory

Focused architecture reviews and technical diligence for agent systems, AI platforms, and regulated automation.

Short, bounded engagements for teams that need an experienced builder to pressure-test architecture, operating risk, or an AI product roadmap.

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