Ryan Brunton, Chief Software Architect
Ryan Brunton currently leads the software design process at Step 3 Systems, Inc. With nearly a decade of enterprise application and simulation design and implementation, Mr. Brunton brings strong technical credentials to the company and a broad understanding of the technology sector in which we operate.
Prior to joining Step 3 Systems, Mr. Brunton was a Senior Software Engineer at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a Fortune 500 firm based in San Diego, CA. Mr. Brunton worked for SAIC from September 2002 to September 2007, and served as the lead software engineer and architect on various projects, as well as authoring a dozen technical papers for IEEE associated journals and conferences.
From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Brunton served as a software engineer on the Extensible Modeling and Simulation Framework, a project for the Department of Defense aimed at improving the interoperability of simulation software. During that time he developed cutting edge simulation infrastructure prototypes, exploring new technologies for bridging existing government simulations to various web services, commercial offerings, and web-based training systems. He was also a major participant in several working groups within the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO), an IEEE organization responsible for developing international modeling and simulation standard, participating in committee meetings and publishing numerous papers.
From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Brunton served as the lead software engineer on a Hazardous Materials Tracking program for the Department of Homeland Security, and developed a system for plotting real-time updates of GPS data using a custom-built GIS database, integrating train position data with information about nearby points of concern such as schools and bridges. During this time Mr. Brunton continued his active SISO participation.
In 2005, Mr. Brunton co-authored the winning proposal for COMPASS, a 5-year/$75 million project for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to modernize their IT systems and was the technical lead on the final proposal presentation. He then served as a member of the architecture and security teams, and was credited by the customer as the primary person responsible for helping COMPASS successfully meet regulatory deadlines for e-Authentication.
Since September 2007, Mr. Brunton has served full-time as Chief Software Architect of Step 3 Systems, Inc. Previous to SAIC, Mr. Brunton held the positions of Senior Software Engineer at Sequentis, Inc., a small security software startup in San Diego, and Software Engineer at Epsilon Systems Solutions where he wrote simulation software for the Department of Defense.
Mr. Brunton holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where he graduated as an active member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society. He also holds an advanced certificate in Technology Business Creation from UCSD Extension, and is a Sun Certified Java Programmer.