Ryan Durrant
Real estate portfolio operator. Builder. Former Meta, Google & Intuit.
Student housing, land investing, and tools for owners — shaped by years in finance and ops at the world’s top companies.
About
Short version
BYU Marriott finance grad, DevMountain full-stack bootcamp, fluent in Spanish. I’ve owned P&L and FP&A work for Oculus launches at Facebook, cut Project Wing’s US ops footprint at Google X, and built analytics dashboards at Intuit. Outside big tech I founded ScanFactor, run a Rexburg student-housing portfolio, and keep building through Olulu Land.
I also wrote Seeking An Edge — the playbook from my path into Intuit, Google, and Facebook (and interviews or offers from Apple, HPE, GE, and Intel) without being an engineer or Ivy League.
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Marriott
Finance BS from BYU’s Marriott School of Business — a U.S. News top-40 undergrad business program, with accounting ranked #3 nationally.
Big Tech
Finance and ops at Facebook Oculus, Google X Project Wing, and Intuit — P&L, FP&A, and deployment strategy.
ScanFactor
Co-founded a career-fair platform with QR + iOS/Android apps so students and recruiters connect on the spot.
First Serve
Own and manage ~26 student properties and ~700 beds near BYU-Idaho through First Serve Property Management.
Olulu Land
Land investing with a long horizon — listings, property reports, and deals at olululand.com — plus tools like Property Sage.
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Work
Selected experience
Highlights from the resume — full detail on LinkedIn.
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Facebook — Oculus Finance
Sales & Ops + FP&A rotation: owned P&L forecasting for the Oculus Go launch; FP&A for Computer Vision, Design, Insights & Growth, and more; materials for Oculus leadership and Mark Zuckerberg.
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X (Google X) — Project Wing
Operations intern: deployment strategy for autonomous drone testing that cut required footprint 85%+ and timeline from aviation approval to ops from ~12–15 weeks to 2–3.
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Intuit — Data Analytics
Built reporting dashboards (SQL / Qlik) for Customer Care, Onboarding, and Finance; led a team organizing 58k+ data points for sales; Lean Startup summit award for creative experiments.
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ScanFactor — Co-Founder
Career-fair platform: QR + iOS/Android apps so students and recruiters connect seamlessly; hosts get analytics to improve events. Led ops and built the product.
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First Serve Property Management
Student housing in Rexburg near BYU-Idaho — 26 properties, ~700 beds. We own and manage the portfolio at rexburgstudenthousing.com.
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Olulu Land
Land investing: listings, property reports, and long-horizon parcels at olululand.com.
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Seeking An Edge
Author (2018). Career guide for students: how to stand out and land roles at top companies.
Projects
Sites & apps I’ve built
Land listings, family sites, buyer due diligence, a real-estate analysis app, and career-fair software.
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Olulu Land
Land listings with property reports and an email list for additional deals — browse parcels, read the diligence write-up, and stay close to the next opportunity.
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Questions Before Closing
The questions every buyer should ask before closing — printable due-diligence briefs from years of owning and managing 30+ properties.
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Devin Durrant
Official site for Devin Durrant — former NBA / BYU All-American, author, and Church leader.
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George Durrant
Teachings archive — books, audio talks, and videos from George Durrant.
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Property Sage
iOS & Android app to analyze real estate deals — scan listing sheets, cash flow, ROI, NOI, cap rate, and more.
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ScanFactor
Career-fair platform with QR + iOS/Android apps so students and recruiters connect on the spot; hosts get analytics to improve events.
Book
Seeking An Edge
The Surprisingly Simple Shifts That Helped Me Land At Google, Intuit, and Facebook
For college students who want a job at a great company after graduation. Step by step through the journey that — even though I’m not an engineer — got me into Intuit, Google, and Facebook, plus interviews or offers from Apple, HPE, GE, and Intel. You don’t need Ivy League or a C-suite parent. Simple shifts you can make today.
Kindle ebook on Amazon; also available on Gumroad.