Ryan has spent a decade sitting between mining executives and engineering teams — at KPMG, BHP and South32, and across ventures of his own. His job has always been the same: turn what the business needs into what engineers build, and catch the expensive mistakes before they're made.
Onwards Labs pairs that judgment with a senior delivery pod that has shipped together for years. You get agency-grade engineering with one accountable decision-maker — not a ticket queue.
I do this work actively to support my kids, pay my mortgage and make sure I'm at home.
Yes — we use AI-assisted development too. That's why it takes six weeks, not four months. The tools generate code. They don't make decisions.
Each one selected deliberately.
