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Field portfolio  ·  35.08°N 106.65°W  ·  Albuquerque, NM

Ryan
Gendel

Engineer · Technical Educator · Content Creator

I build apps that work when the grid doesn't, teach the engineers who keep it running, and turn obscure history into an audience that keeps coming back.

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N 35.0844°
W 106.6504°

01

Who's behind the map

I'm a builder who's equally at home in the terminal and on stage. I ship Collapse Survivor — an offline-first survival app with a custom Wikipedia-over-Kiwix reader and a GPS map of 2,000+ fresh-water sources that all keeps working with zero signal.

I also teach full-stack and AI engineering to working developers from Google, Amazon, and LinkedIn through M.I.T. xPRO, holding a 4.7/5.0 rating across hundreds of them. And I run a YouTube channel that turns weird history and preparedness into short, sticky video.

Three crafts — engineering, teaching, content — that all come down to the same thing: making complicated things genuinely understandable.

02

What I do

Build

Offline-first apps

Mobile & web that survive a dead connection — custom native modules, on-device data, maps, and sync that hold up with no signal.

React NativeTypeScriptNodeFirebaseMapLibreKiwix
Teach

Engineers, live

Cohorts of 10–90 working developers, hands-on curriculum, and tutorials people apply the same week. 4.7/5.0 across knowledge, clarity, and engagement.

Full-StackData EngAIPythonCurriculum
Grow

Audiences & signups

Content engines that move the numbers — scripting, editing, and an algorithm-tuned system that took a channel 0→1,000 and lifted app sales 486%.

YouTubePremiereCapCutReddit AdsLifecycle
03

The route so far

Most recent waypoint first

  1. Collapse Survivor logo
    Flagship2023 — Present

    Collapse Survivor

    Full-Stack Engineer & Growth Lead

    • Built an offline-first React Native app, including a custom React library wiring Wikipedia in through Kiwix so users browse the full encyclopedia with zero signal.
    • Engineered offline GPS navigation with on-device caching.
    100K impressions0 → 1,000 subs~9,000 signups
  2. M.I.T. xPRO logo
    Education2021 — Present

    M.I.T. xPRO

    Instructor · Software & Data Engineering

    • Teaches Full-Stack, Data Engineering, and Full-Stack-with-AI to working engineers from Google, Amazon, and LinkedIn.
    • Runs live cohorts of 10–90 developers and builds the hands-on tutorials they apply directly.
    4.7 / 5.0 rating
  3. Atadataco logo
    Data2021 — 2023

    Atadataco

    Analytics Engineer

    • Architected data streams with Segment, turning raw client data into clear visualizations of real user behavior.
    • Built internal tools that automated marketing research and sharpened forecasting accuracy.
  4. Priscotty logo
    Founder2022 — 2023

    Priscotty

    Technical Co-Founder

    • Owned the full-stack go-to-market cycle and wrote the entire delivery-logistics codebase.
    • Ran demand forecasting and shipped new campaigns live within days.
  5. University of Denver logo
    Teaching2017 — 2019

    University of Denver

    Teaching Assistant · Cyber Security & Coding

    • Helped teach full-stack development and cybersecurity — databases, algorithms, and digital forensics.
  6. EG
    Design2016 — 2017

    Elior Group

    Graphic Designer

    • Designed marketing collateral deployed across 1,000+ distribution locations, built to earn attention in crowded spaces.
  7. MM
    Design2013 — 2015

    Met Media

    Graphic Designer

    • Took artwork, ads, and a weekly newspaper from concept to completion across print, online, and 3D display.
04

Signals

486%
App-sales lift from one ad
8,700+
Active users
100K
Ad impressions
4.7/5
Instructor rating
0→1K
YouTube subscribers
2,000+
Water sources mapped
05

The kit

Mobile & Web

  • React / React Native
  • JavaScript / TypeScript
  • Node
  • HTML / CSS

Data

  • Python
  • MySQL · Snowflake
  • Segment / RudderStack
  • Pandas · NumPy · scikit-learn

Security

  • Wireshark · Burp Suite
  • Metasploit
  • Docker
  • Digital forensics

Content & AI

  • Premiere Pro · CapCut
  • Adobe Suite
  • Mailchimp
  • Claude Code / Cursor
06

Platforms & press

2U logo
2U
UC Berkeley Extension logo
UC Berkeley Ext.
The New York Sun logo
The New York Sun

07 — Open channel

Send a signal

Got a role, a project, or a weird idea? I'm quick to reply — even off-grid.

Email me (303) 931-3664 YouTube ↗

Schooling — Northwestern University, Software Engineering Certificate (2016)  ·  Metropolitan State University of Denver, B.A. Economics (2015)