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Bio

Hi 👋🏼, I’m #ryanfromDetroit and I won a tough guy competition by high-fiving a 🐢 in homemade sandals and cutoff jean shorts back in the day! Just thought you should know...now let's get down to the nitty gritty!

I was born in Detroit and raised across the street where the Motor City’s sewage drains and the mayor had a few social security numbers (Google it). I did play kick-the-can as a kid and a couple of my childhood friends were in rival gangs. Let’s just say I got me some street cred...aight!?!

I am a creative who started a wedding photography business at 17 and paid my way through Detroit’s premier engineering school (promised my parents I'd get the ⭐️). I also had this great idea to handcraft some sandals, starting my second company (on nights and weekends), selling into Japanese retail and immediately after, trading in my 🔨 for a pillow ( & six hours of sleep). Third best decision of my life.

I currently serve as a strategic account exec at Alteryx (the leading platform for self-service advanced analytics creating citizen data scientists at scale...phew say that 5 times fast) where I work tirelessly to support global customers upskill their workforce and drive digital transformation through hard work, strategic thinking & coffee 😉!

My desire to demonstrate leadership through humility and my passion for providing unparalleled customer service to the private and public sectors for over 15 years are just a couple of highlights in my career. Another that comes to mind is starting my third company with one of my best buds, where I convinced him we could change academia. We would have got away with it too if it wasn’t for that one dean in the ivory tower. At least we got a couple of Apple⌚️’s out of it (😂)...and the opportunity to help 73 students be better equipped to enter the job market!

I’ve had the privilege to serve as a Fortune 200 sales leader (leading sales and technical teams), partnering with global executives to leverage technology to transform their enterprise, inspiring college students to reach higher 🚀 and serving as the founder of three self-funded startups.

I’m happily married to my best friend and high school sweetheart (15 wonderful years, thank you Lord) and it’s the joy of my life raising our two lovely children who seem to grow faster than my gray hair (I ❤️you automotive)!