Thomas Ryan

Thomas Ryan

CA, USA · Tryan310@gmail.com · (310) 795-7935 · LinkedIn

Summary

AI Product Engineer (Full Stack)

I design, ship, and run products with AI: the interface, the backend, the ads, the email, the APIs, the customer experience, and the financial dashboards that operate them.

Finance and Trading

I currently trade and operate at a $40B+ AUM RIA, owning client trading, portfolio management, reporting, and the automations that keep those workflows running.

Tools

Build
Cursor, Grok Build, CLI, Claude, ChatGPT, Openclaw, AI models, Python, React, Vite, CSS, loop design, UX design, product fit, customer experience, Shopify, Shopify CLI, Stripe, API integrations
Acquire
Meta Ads, Google Ads, Klaviyo campaigns and flows, marketing, Claude Design, custom AI photo editing tools
Measure
Custom dashboards, financial modelling, Google Sheets, Microsoft Clarity. Connect APIs to deliver live data monitoring
dailybelts.com fastpassphoto.com

Entrepreneurship

Cofounder

Daily Belts

dailybelts.com

  • Cofounded and scaled a profitable ecommerce business which has served 25,000+ customers, and built operating systems across finance, growth, fulfillment, and customer experience. Crossed $1M in revenue June 2026.
  • Work directly with our factory on product development, production, quality, and delivery, and helped patent the brand's proprietary buckle.
  • Designed the website and built cart and checkout logic, then iterated on the experience using Microsoft Clarity, user feedback, and conversion data.
  • Designed repeatable workflows across acquisition, payments, inventory, fulfillment, vendors, shipping, and customer operations.
  • Engineered Shopify, Meta, and Google dashboards tracking 80+ metrics across revenue, acquisition, unit economics, and product mix.
  • Use AI tools, APIs, and automation to reduce manual work, improve forecasting inputs, and accelerate operating decisions.

Founder

FastPassPhoto

fastpassphoto.com

  • Built and launched FastPassPhoto.com end to end, an AI-assisted photo service that helps users format passport photos to country-specific requirements and generate professional headshots. Personally owned product strategy, UX/UI, website development, marketing, and customer experience. $5k+ current monthly revenue rate.
  • Wrote the technical code and background processes for an AI-assisted workflow connecting customer intake, image processing, compliance oriented quality checks, and digital delivery.
  • Built the operating workflows, SEO content, analytics, and iteration loop that turn customer feedback and performance data into product and conversion improvements.

Professional Experience

Wealth Management Associate & Trader

Lido Advisors formerly Avitas Wealth Management · Century City

  • Coordinate client trading and reporting workflows at a $40B+ AUM RIA, ensuring accurate and timely execution.
  • Own end to end trading activity for client portfolios, including model implementation, rebalances, cash raises, self-directed trades, and treasury purchases.
  • Developed API driven automations that streamlined data delivery, portfolio analysis, reporting, and recurring workflows across trading and advisory teams.
  • Built a custom AI enabled Python and HTML dashboard to replace a legacy Excel workflow, accelerating analysis, improving efficiency, enabling a tailored user interface, and delivering deeper insights to advisors.

Senior Account Manager

Payment Cloud Inc · Encino, CA

  • Closed 15-30 merchant accounts per month and consistently ranked in the top three among 60+ Account Executives.
  • Led structured discovery with business owners, translating ambiguous operating and payment needs into tailored solutions and measurable value.
  • Managed daily leads through the full sales cycle with disciplined prioritization, documentation, pipeline management, and follow-through.
  • Developed outbound and account development strategies that improved lead quality and increased win rate.
  • Trained and coached Account Executives on discovery, objection handling, pitch delivery, and pipeline management.

Trading Intern

Churchill Management Group · Malibu, CA

  • Supported portfolio managers on high-volume trades and used fundamental and technical analysis to review positions.
  • Researched historical market cycles and top-performing companies to inform strategy conversations.

Education & Certifications

Bachelor of Arts in Economics

Pepperdine University · Malibu, CA

  • Series 65 – Uniform Investment Adviser Law Exam.
  • Emergency Medical Technician

Beyond Work

LA County Ocean Lifeguard

Serve as an LA County Ocean Lifeguard since 2014.

Surfing

Grew up in Malibu and learned to surf there as a kid. I still get in the water whenever I can.