Ryan Fickel

Chief Technology Officer at Advisors Excel

Kansas City Metropolitan Area, United States

About Ryan Fickel

Ryan Fickel is Chief Technology Officer at Advisors Excel. Location: Kansas City Metropolitan Area, United States.

Strategic technology executive with 20+ years of experience leading enterprise modernization, AI transformation, cloud architecture, and operational scaling across financial services, insurance, SaaS, and government environments. My career has been focused on building technology organizations, platforms, and operating models that convert innovation into measurable business outcomes: accelerating growth, improving scalability, reducing complexity, and enabling teams to move faster with stronger governance. Throughout my career, I’ve led technology organizations supporting hypergrowth businesses, regulated financial platforms, and large-scale enterprise operations. Most recently, I’ve helped scale a multi-entity financial ecosystem with over $50B in assets under management, supporting nationwide advisor operations, enterprise cloud modernization, cybersecurity governance, M&A integration, and AI-enabled operational transformation. My background spans: Enterprise Technology Strategy AI & Intelligent Automation Cloud & Infrastructure Modernization M&A Technology Due Diligence Secure SDLC & Engineering Transformation SaaS Platform Architecture Cybersecurity & Risk Governance Operational Scaling & Digital Transformation I’ve led large-scale cloud migrations across AWS/Azure hybrid environments, implemented enterprise governance and security frameworks, modernized legacy operational platforms, reduced multimillion-dollar infrastructure spend, and built high-performing engineering and innovation organizations capable of supporting aggressive growth initiatives. In parallel with enterprise leadership, I actively architect AI-native SaaS platforms and applied AI systems focused on enterprise workflow automation, orchestration, and secure multi-tenant platform design. My focus is helping organizations navigate the intersection of: AI enablement, enterprise modernization, cybersecurity governance, operational scalability, and strategic technology leadership. Former U.S. Marine. Builder at heart. Executive operator by trade.

Skills

  • Cloud-Native Architecture
  • Digital Transformation
  • Enterprise Technology Strategy

Additional experience

  • Head of Application Development

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    Started January 2015

Education

  • Executive Education Program, Stanford University
  • Master of Business Administration - MBA, Baker University