Brian Ruhl

Brian Ruhl has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning over several companies and roles. Brian is currently serving as a Lead Engineer at Via, where they coordinated the release of a major CMS feature using React, allowing customers to create accessible forms and applications. In this role, they formalized the development process, reducing errors and engineering a Forms CMS that was both accessible and compliant.

Prior to Via, Brian worked as a Senior Frontend Engineer at data.ai, where they enhanced website functionality using WordPress and React. Brian collaborated with backend and design teams to deliver a responsive and accessible website, simplified the development process, and mentored peers in Front End patterns.

Brian's experience also includes serving as a Team Lead for Content Generation Tools at Macmillan Learning, where they worked on multiple React applications to deliver educational software solutions. Brian coordinated large refactorings, implemented rich featured tools, developed a chemical equation lexicon, and mentored peers. Additionally, they worked on improving Peer Review processes and refactoring the authoring tool application.

Before that, Brian was the Mobile Development Team Lead for the Content Player Team at Compass Learning, where they provided leadership and guidance.

Brian also served as a Senior Web Software Engineer at Ultra Electronics Advanced Tactical Systems, developing secure and cutting-edge Single Page Applications for the military and allied nations. In this role, they developed status monitoring applications and architected reusable web code.

Brian's earlier roles include Lead User Interface Engineer at Pointserve, Senior User Interface Engineer at Catalis, Web Applications Engineer at Fly Technology, and Software Applications Engineer at Motorola.

Overall, Brian Ruhl has a strong background in frontend development, CMS, accessibility, responsive design, mentoring, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Brian has consistently demonstrated their expertise in using various technologies such as React, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and more.

Brian Ruhl earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science from St. Mary's College of Maryland, which they attended from 1996 to 2000.