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Ryan J. M. Laird

Strategic communications, technical systems, and digital growth for space, deep-tech, and sustainability organisations.

I build practical systems that help technically capable teams communicate clearly, operate efficiently, and turn expertise into commercial traction.

What I do

  • Founder of Impact Orbit Collective
  • Strategic consultant for complex, mission-led organisations
  • Full-stack builder of websites, workflows, and operational tools
  • Technical communicator across space, deep tech, and sustainability

Current focus

  • Founder-led consulting systems
  • CRM and automation architecture
  • Knowledge bases and client portals
  • Content systems and SEO infrastructure
  • Lean, cloud-native web builds

Tools & stack

Web languages

HTML CSS JavaScript TypeScript SQL Bash

Scientific computing

Python C C++ Fortran R MATLAB IDL LaTeX Gnuplot

Astronomy & astrophysics

Astropy Astroquery Skyfield Astroplan SunPy IRAF TOPCAT SAOImage DS9 Aladin SAO/NASA ADS SIMBAD VizieR Gaia Archive

Simulation & visualisation

NumPy SciPy Matplotlib Plotly Jupyter ParaView VTK OpenFOAM

Data & statistics

Pandas Polars DuckDB RStudio tidyverse ggplot2

Geospatial, EO & space systems

ArcGIS Pro ArcGIS Online QGIS Google Earth Engine ESA SNAP Copernicus Data Space Sentinel Hub GDAL GeoPandas Rasterio Cartopy xarray STAC Cesium STK GMAT Orekit NASA Worldview

Web frontend & interfaces

Astro React Tailwind CSS Streamlit MDX

CMS & publishing platforms

WordPress Squarespace Drupal Djangoplicity django CMS eZ Publish Ibexa DXP

Backend & APIs

Node.js Hono REST APIs OpenAPI Notion API HubSpot API Stripe API GitHub API Zotero API

Marketing, CRM & analytics

HubSpot MailerLite Mailchimp Brevo GA4 Google Tag Manager Google Search Console Matomo PostHog Looker Studio Tableau

Cloud, data & storage

PostgreSQL SQLite Cloudflare Cloudflare Pages Cloudflare Workers Cloudflare D1 Cloudflare R2 GitHub Pages

Tooling & delivery

Git GitHub GitHub Actions npm pnpm Vite VS Code Cursor Docker

Content & research

Notion Markdown JSON YAML Zotero

What I’m building

  • Internal operations systems
  • Client-facing web platforms
  • Automation-heavy founder workflows
  • Technical content and authority infrastructure
  • Reusable systems that reduce manual overhead

Selected work

  • Impact Orbit Collective — strategy, systems, and digital execution for complex organisations.
  • Operations Hub — Airtable-based operating system for sales, delivery, and reporting.
  • Knowledge-base architecture — structured documentation and retrieval systems.
  • Website and content systems — fast, focused, conversion-aware builds.

Working style

  • Keep systems lean.
  • Prefer clarity over complexity.
  • Build for real-world usage.
  • Document what matters.
  • Ship practical tools, not just ideas.

Contact

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Currently open to

  • Consulting projects
  • Technical systems work
  • Founder-led digital infrastructure builds
  • Collaborations in space, deep tech, and sustainability

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