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Ryan Heavner

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Sr. Director of IT at Sift
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Ryan Heavner is the Sr. Director of IT at Sift, focusing on enhancing IT efficiency, security, and user-friendliness. A graduate of the UW Foster School of Business, he has a history of scaling teams through major company milestones like IPOs and acquisitions at companies including Fastly.

He is passionate about building IT teams that function as customer service organizations, fostering environments where team members are motivated to grow and improve services.

At a previous role, he successfully led a complete transition to zero-trust endpoints using Duo Security and Crowdstrike.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Sr. Director of IT
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Scaling IT Operations
He has extensive experience scaling IT infrastructure and teams through periods of rapid growth, including an IPO, an acquisition, and a global pandemic.
Zero-Trust Security
He successfully completed a full organizational transition to zero-trust endpoints, implementing tools like Duo Security and Crowdstrike.
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Career

Work history

2-2022
Sr. Director of IT
Sift
3-2021 - 12-2021
Strategic Procurement Business Partner
Fastly
1-2018 - 3-2021
Sr. Director of IT
Fastly
11-2014 - 1-2018
Director of IT
Fastly
3-2012 - 10-2014
Director of Operations
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Education
1990 - 1996
BA
UW Foster School of Business
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