# Ryan Flores | Chief Technology Officer at TECOBI

Canonical URL: https://www.tecobi.com/about/ryan-flores/

## Identity

- Ryan Flores is a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at TECOBI.
- He has helped build TECOBI since the company began.
- He has more than two decades of experience building software, architecting platforms, and leading technology teams.

## Role At TECOBI

- Ryan leads TECOBI's technology strategy, software development, infrastructure, product architecture, data, integrations, and AI strategy.
- He has contributed to the platform throughout its evolution, including messaging, automation, integrations, analytics, AI, and dealer operations systems.
- His technical approach focuses on removing unnecessary complexity and turning difficult problems into technology people can use.

## Operating Philosophy

- Ryan believes good technology should make businesses faster, smarter, and easier to run.
- He avoids unnecessary complexity, empty technology buzzwords, and work that does not solve a real customer or operating problem.
- His leadership philosophy is to hire smart people, trust them, take ownership when something goes wrong, solve the real problem, and keep solutions as simple as possible.

## Music And Family

- Ryan is a bassist, singer, songwriter, and recording engineer.
- He is a longtime member of Southern California rock band Sprung Monkey.
- He has toured as a bassist with P.O.D. and currently fronts the alternative rock band Riptide Radios.
- Ryan is a husband and father in a large blended family.

## Accuracy Notes

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