About Ryan

Ryan O'Brien

Ryan O'Brien's BIO

Born: May 8, 1971
Birth Place: Portland, Maine (United States)
Family:
- Son - Liam was born Feb 2, 2013 in Lebanon, NH.
- Wife - Married Christina June 12, 1999 in Buffalo, NY.
- Siblings - Youngest of 5 children (in order from oldest to youngest: Patrick, Michael, Dennis, Erin, Ryan)
- Parents - Daniel & Eileen O'Brien
Habitation:
- Years 46-Present, Exeter, NH
- Years 44-46, Standish, ME
- Years 32-44, Newport, NH
- Years 23-32, Buffalo, NY
- Years 15-23, Clifton Park, NY
- Years 1-15, Cumberland, ME
Education:
- Continuing - Self taught web site designer and web application developer including
  - Scripting: PHP, DHTML, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Perl
  - Database: MariaDB, MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL, Access
  - OS Familiarity: Windows & Linux
  - Prefered Design Platform: LAMP
- 1994 - Graduated University of New York at Buffalo's School of Architecture and Planning
- 1990 - Graduated Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park, NY
- I like to learn new things
Work:
- 2001 - Present: Self Employed website designer & developer, Exeter, NH (& other places)
  - Developed Proprietary Website Content Management System
    - LAMP based
    - Single User Signon
    - Modular Backend Code
    - Templated Frontend Design
    - Builtin Robust Gallery
    - Builtin Robust Forum
- 2000 - 2001: Land & Buildings Engineer, 360 Networks (an international telecom company), Eastern US
- 1994 - 2000: Designer & Constr Coordinator, Buffalo, NY
Hobbies & Interests:
- Alpine & Backcountry Skiing
- Hiking / Snowshoeing
- Running
- Road Cycling & Mountain Biking
- Trail Building
- Camping
- Architecture
- TV: Discovery Channels, TLC, Animal Planet, History Channel, etc. I love this stuff.
- Photography, Swimming, Water Skiing, Boating, Sea Glass hunting, Rock hunting, Cooking, The Ocean, The Mountains, and all kinds of other "Tom Foolery".

I have a wide variety of interests and backgrounds which you may have discovered from the above.