Resourceful Tinkerer

Ryan Alex

Ryan is a revenue and go-to-market leader with senior experience at NerdWallet, LendingTree, Experian, and Active Network. Additionally, he earned an MBA from Pepperdine. His background spans building partner ecosystems, launching new business divisions, and cultivating relationships with major financial institutions. He's based in San Diego, CA.

Outside of work and family life, Ryan loves diving into Python, AI, Machine Learning, Math, IoT projects, and whatever else catches his curiosity — there's always something new to explore.

A lifelong learner at heart, he started this space to share what he's working through and thinking about. This is more from the point of view that writing leads to better understanding. Hope you find something useful here!



Recent Posts

The Understanding Layer of AI

Tags: AI , LLM , Machine Learning , Understanding

Published May 26, 2026, 8:43 a.m.

AI can summarize research, write code, and draft business plans... but it doesn't understand what it's doing. And for many people, it's already becoming a crutch.

AI still requires a …

First Post

Tags: Django , LLM , Machine Learning , Python , Tinker

Published Feb. 7, 2026, 10:05 a.m.

This is the first post for my new site. Full disclosure the site should not be great at this point, it did just launch. Actually, this was written before the …