Gentry Services

Partner with the CEO, Gentry Services, engaging current and prospective customers to develop and implement exceptional, tailored solutions. Devise strategies for client outreach and industry expansion. Ensure quality standards are being exceeded at every level.

Director of Business Initiatives

Leverage systems engineering, technical leadership, and exceptional interpersonal skills to provide expert systems engineering services to a Fortune 100 aerospace industry corporation within the Baltimore-Washington D.C. region.

Consulting Systems Engineer

United States Department of Defense

▪	Technical director for over 1200 civilian, military and contractor personnel in the Washington, D.C. area and several hundred more located at field sites throughout the United States and abroad. 
▪	Developed new employee orientation and internal training program for office employees in order to foster organizational mission understanding and solidify the technical health and skills of the workforce.
▪	Collaborate with front line employees to identify critical gaps in analysis-focused technical tools and capabilities. Develop innovative solutions to address these gaps, partnering across multiple offices to integrate solutions into the corporate architecture.

Technical Director

	Successfully orchestrated complex technical operations, leading matrixed teams of experts, often under highly constrained timelines.
	Established partnerships with external US Government organizations to identify areas of mutual interest, combining resources and skills to achieve numerous organizational successes within a short, 2-year time period.

Engineering Project Manager

	Provided regional on-site and remote technical support, systems engineering services, training, and customer engagement for Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Western Asia.
	Navigated complex international partnerships and customer relationships, engaging with organizations from over 18 foreign countries on a variety of technical topics and projects.

Field Systems Engineer

	Engineering project lead for multiple top priority office efforts with annual project budgets exceeding $100M.
	Effectively formed and led multi-US Government organizational teams on dozens of overseas assignments, demonstrating the ability to plan effectively and act quickly and decisively in response to changing situations in high-pressure environments. 
	Responsible for large datacenter system design, upgrades, maintenance, training, and documentation.

Lead Systems Engineer

AJE - American Journal Experts

▪	Proactively acquired a part-time side job during the COVID-19 pandemic stay-at-home orders with a focus on maintaining and improving my own communication skills while expanding my professional experience.
▪	Reviewed and edited technical research papers for grammar, sentence structure and clarity prior to their submission for publication across a range of specialties, meeting 100% of all deadlines.

Technical Research Editor - Independent contractor

Fives North American Combustion, Inc.

▪	Gathered requirements, designed, and fabricated circuitry and appropriate enclosures, performed operational testing and validation of electronic products, and generated necessary documentation to satisfy customer needs for automated guiding systems in industrial environments.
▪	Generated clear and thorough user manuals, maintenance instructions and troubleshooting guides for customer products.

Electronic Products Engineer

People person by nature, electrical engineer by training. I lead cross-functional technical teams, working directly with customers, to develop and implement innovative solutions.

Proven technical leader with 16 years of diverse experience in both the private and public sectors to include: electronics product engineering, systems engineering, sales, technical project, team leadership, and customer engagement.

Excellent written and oral communication skills. Highly organized and detail oriented. Team builder and consensus builder with an emphasis on leading through influence and personalized motivation.

Happy Independence Day everyone!! 

And remember: 
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same".
- Ronald Reagan

May freedom and liberty shine upon you and your loved ones this glorious day.

CHEERS!

#freedom #liberty #independence

Devin Ryder

Technical leader | Engineer | People person At Gentry, we enable highly skilled and experienced technical experts to continue making an impact while enjoying more flexible work arrangements with our clients.

Had a great Saturday with my bestie! 

Got some great work done, took a bike ride, and enjoyed some drinks in the sunshine.

And somehow avoided melting. 

Now for a chill Sunday in the air conditioning 😋

#chillax

"The leader sees leadership as responsibility rather than as rank and privilege. "

-Peter Drucker

Smart guy! 

#leadership #responsibility

If you aren't aware of your weaknesses, you can't improve them. 

Self reflection is extremely important. As is external feedback. 

Take time regularly to explore both! 

What did you do well this year, past 6 months, past 3 months, past month? 

What did you struggle with? 

Ask people you know who are good at those things to help you improve. 

#leadership #selfimprovement

Trying to have a good time on my Saturday and my favorite spot wants to show me how many calories I'm drinking!

C'mon man! 🤣 😋🍻

#socialsaturday #chill

You cannot compel someone to do their best... 

... you can only inspire them. 

#leadership #inspire

Don't engineer solutions that people want. 

Engineer solutions that they didn't know were possible. 

Customers are ideally positioned to have the strongest understanding of their problems....

...but they don't typically know how best to solve them. 

 That's our job 😎🤓 

#leadership #customerintegration

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The kiddo brought me back a present from her recent trip. 

She knows it's my favorite. 

Is the little things ☺️

#thelittlethings

The girls are sick...

That means I'll be sick in about 5-7 days...

Hoping some sunshine, beer, and vitamin D kills whatever it is before my body needs to 😫🤣🍻🤞

#saveme

I love books that challenge conventionally held beliefs, science-centric or otherwise! 

You should too.

You should also love Libby, the free library app 😊

#leadership #humility

Every organization that I've worked in, and with, has done a terrible job at:

- Leadership transitions
- Managing critical institutional knowledge
- Losing high value employees without taking a MAJOR organizational hit

If you run a small team, a large organization, or your own business - you WILL face these situations. And you're life, and that of your colleagues, will be much better off if you are prepared to handle them.

It is for this reason that I decided to create a little email course to help leaders, and prospective leaders, take on these challenges like a boss!

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Check it out! It's free! 😊 

#leadership #knowledgerecovery

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Knowledge Retention and Knowledge Recovery Course

It really doesn't take much to keep your motivated employees energized and feeling appreciated! 

I received a quick email today from one the engineering leaders with my current client, whom I really respect and enjoy working with, that just said, "Thank you for continuing to push this!" 

Made my week!

Nothing expensive. Nothing fancy. 

Just genuine appreciation.

#leadership #respect #appreciation

Is spending precious resources on bigger/multiple monitors for your team a waste of time and money?

Not too long ago I would've said, "yes!" 

Surprisingly, however, a fair amount of research says, "no!"

Especially when dealing with large amounts of visual data and/or multiple programs simultaneously, performance and productively can be increased substantially.

More screen real estate allowed us to leverage technology to offload tasks that would normally be placed on our limited brain power and memory, helping conserve then for more important functions. 

Of course two or three studies are not all studies, but it's more than no studies!

#leadership #performance

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Leaders - write this down. 

Those who want to be leaders - write this down. 

Those who don't want to be a lead but want to be good at life.... 

.... write this down! 

😋😋😋

#leadership #responsibility

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I approve of critical thinking and constructive discourse.

Do you?

#leadership #responsibility

We are creating a space for Freethinkers.  

Follow our startup journey here❣

Be proactive and genuine with positive feedback. 

Don't wait for a colleague or team member to ask!

Constructive criticism is important too, but this is most often what ends up being offered in an unsolicited fashion. 

We need to do this with the good news too!

Share the feedback with their direct supervisor if it's not you. 

This fosters trust, respect, and appreciation.

#leadership #feedback #beproactive

Diversify your pool of ideas and perspectives for more innovative outcomes

#leadership #coolideas

We're building a community of freethinkers.  Follow our startup journey here. ❣

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