Ryan Winstead

Ryan Winstead is a skilled software developer and engineer with experience leading a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology on the game Dino-Store, submitted to IndieCade 2021. Winstead has held multiple roles at Volkswagen Group of America Innovation and Engineering Center California, including Software Engineer Associate – Fullstack and VR Developer Intern. Currently, Winstead serves as a Product Design Prototyper at Meta, contributing to the Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team by developing 3D and XR platforms. Winstead's educational background includes a Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction from Georgia Institute of Technology, alongside studies in English and Gender and Women's Studies from the University of Kentucky, and participation in a Summer Program in Literature at the University of Oxford. Previous roles also include positions at the Fund for Global Human Rights, where Winstead worked in various digital communications capacities, and at TEKsystems as a Product Design Prototyper onsite at Meta.