About

I'm Ryan Hagen. I run IntegrePro Software in Woodstock, IL. One person, no employees, with subcontractors when the work calls for them.

The story of how I got here is most of why people hire me. So that comes first.

I'd been a DJ since the late nineties, working pro audio at Guitar Center in there too. Broadcasting training came earlier, in the mid-nineties. By 2004 I'd signed real licensing deals with European and American dance music labels and started a company called Digidisco. The idea was iTunes for DJs. This was years before streaming.

I hired a developer to build it. He took the money and the platform never shipped.

That's the short version. The longer version is that the loss cost me the business. It taught me what bad development actually costs. The buyer who hires a developer is often afraid of that exact outcome. I lived it.

To pay back what Digidisco had cost me, I started selling Apple computers and DJ equipment on the side. It outpaced the failing platform within a year. By 2006 the retail operation was profitable enough to spin out as its own business, and I incorporated Home and Pro Studio.

For the next fifteen years I ran it. Apple device refurbishing and resale, DJ equipment. Real inventory, real returns, real Q4-to-Q1 cash flow.

I built and maintained the company's own websites and ecommerce platforms over those years. First on BigCommerce, then on WooCommerce running on WordPress. I migrated the catalog from BigCommerce to WooCommerce when the time came. I integrated payment processors. I learned SEO over years of operating a real catalog.

Most people offering operational software haven't operated. I did, for fifteen years.

I wound the retail operation down around 2021. The Home and Pro Studio entity still exists as the legacy retail company.

Around 2019, while still running the Apple business, I started building websites for local clients. Mostly WordPress. A painter, a small local business, a banquet hall, a restaurant, a hot dog stand. Five sites between 2019 and 2023. Calibration projects.

After 2023, the work got bigger. A wedding services CRM in Django, with a separate React client portal added later. A predictive analytics platform for college basketball that ran live during the 2026 Final Four. A BigCommerce Catalyst storefront for an elevator parts distributor with a 15,000-part catalog. A Python catalog management app to support that build. An archive consolidation that ties two codebases through JWT auth.

I formed IntegrePro Software in December 2025 to organize the consulting work as its own legal entity. Not a rebrand. The consulting work is now its own business.

I help small businesses get found on Google, build websites you actually own, and write the operational software for the parts of your business that off-the-shelf tools don't cover. Local SEO, modern websites, ecommerce, and operational software. One person doing the work, with subcontractors when the scope calls for them.

The Digidisco loss is why I write my own code, transfer ownership cleanly, and structure engagements so the client always retains control of what was built.

Three daughters. Woodstock, IL. Golf when I can.

If you want to work together, start here.