Ryan Irelan

Ryan is a partner at Pine Works, where he helps organizations plan and deliver complex, content-rich digital platforms. With over 20 years of experience in web development, Ryan brings a calm, strategic mindset to projects that require both big-picture thinking and technical depth.

He’s worked with clients like Stanford, Ben & Jerry’s, and Papa John's guiding teams through platform rethinks, CMS migrations, and digital transformations. He's also taught internal teams at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, University of Chicago, and NASA.

Prior to Pine Works, Ryan led technology at a national higher-ed organization and founded CraftQuest, an online learning platform for developers building with Craft CMS and to learn modern web development skills.

At Pine Works, Ryan is one of the development partners, working on technical architecture, and platform planning—ensuring that every solution is scalable, sustainable, and built to last.