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Ryan Mack, born on May 23, 1995, is an American software engineer. He currently works at Datto as a main contributor to the continuity platform used by MSPs to keep their data safe from cyberattacks and natural disasters. He has also worked at bio-tech companies, such as Thermo Fisher Scientific and PerkinElmer, where he is known for being part of teams pushing cloud

technology for modern labs. He was part of the Ion Torrent Genexus development team.

Personal life
Ryan is from Meriden, Connecticut and is a graduate of Francis T. Maloney High School. In 2017, he graduated from the University of Connecticut with a BSE in Computer Science and Engineering. While attending university, he met Serafina Sicignano, who he married July 26, 2019. He currently lives in Norwalk, Connecticut with his wife.

Early career
During his studies at the University of Connecticut, Ryan took 6 months to study abroad at the University of Salamanca. This is where he learned Spanish as his secondary language. A year later, during the summer of 2016, he had his first work experience as a software engineering intern at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Guilford, Connecticut. This division the company is known as Ion Torrent, a company which was originally created by Jonathan Rothberg as a startup to democratize genetic sequencing technology. Upon graduation, he worked there full time as a software engineer from 2017 to 2018. In 2018, Ryan's time at Thermo Fisher came to an end when he was offered a new position at PerkinElmer in Shelton, Connecticut. During his time there, he was an advocate for cloud technology in company's line of spectroscopy equipment. He worked here until 2019, when he joined a successful unicorn startup in Norwalk, Connecticut called Datto.

Ion Torrent Genexus System
As a member of Ion Torrent for 2 years, Ryan had a critical role in the development of the Genexus System. This device is a DNA sequencer which can take a sample from preparation all the way to answer in only 8 hours. He worked primarily on robotic systems such as pipette movements. Using C++, he was able to create software which would move liquid using the pipettes to simulate what a scientist would do in a lab when preparing samples. He also create a system for reading RFID tags on reagent bottles. This allows the Genexus System to detect what reagents are present without needing manual input from the scientist.

Current work
As a programmer, Ryan's work primarily involves the languages C++ and Python. He contributes as a member of the continuity team, which oversees the software that manages critical data backups for managed service providers. These data backups are used to restore data to small and medium businesses during natural disasters or cyberattacks.