RYAN ZERNACH

Senior AI Systems Engineer

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🌱 Georgia Hybrid Landscaping

I launched Georgia Hybrid Landscaping at 21 years old and operated it as both founder and React Web Developer (Full-Stack) from Oct 2015 to Jan 2019. While I designed landscapes, company websites, and marketing, I remotely managed employees and contractors on delivery and field work. I migrated my own company websites from PHP to React and built the web systems for uploads, quoting, payments, and marketing operations while the business processed $500,000+ in gross sales within three years.

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Summary

From Oct 2015 to Jan 2019, I ran Georgia Hybrid Landscaping and the instaSod.com brand while serving as the React Web Developer (Full-Stack) behind the business. I owned the PHP-to-React migrations and built web workflows for uploads, survey questions, pricing proposals, payment processing, analytics, and outbound email tooling. I remotely managed employees and contractors while leading landscape design, web systems, and marketing. The business processed more than $500,000 in gross sales within three years.

Tech Stack, Team, and Timeline

Software Engineering Contributions

Website & Instagram Links

React Was Part Of The Business

React was not a side project here. I used it as an operating lever for the business by migrating from PHP and turning the website into a system for lead capture, uploads, proposals, payment workflows, campaign tooling, and observability.

Key Details

Before shifting fully into product engineering and AI, I built and ran a local landscaping company in North Georgia starting at age 21. This was a hands-on business where I had to execute on sales, operations, and delivery, while also building the frontend and growth systems that kept leads, payments, and campaigns moving. I designed landscapes, websites, and marketing while remotely managing employees and contractors so work stayed coordinated when I was not on every job site.

What The Company Did

Why The Website Mattered

Team Definition of "HYBRID"

What Running It Taught Me

Georgia Hybrid Landscaping was my first real operating school as a young entrepreneur. Building it from age 21 taught me how to price work, earn trust quickly, scope honestly, and convert internet traffic into signed jobs and completed delivery. Running a business that crossed $500,000 in gross sales over three years, while remotely managing employees and contractors alongside landscape, web, and marketing design, forced fast growth in accountability and execution. At the same time, it sharpened my developer instincts. The React migration, payments workflows, observability, campaign tooling, and analytics loops were all built under real business pressure with real customers. That founder-plus-builder pattern still defines how I approach software today.