Cofounder of MightyBrand
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Founder at MightyBrand
- Real Estate Investor at Arrowstone, LLC
- Past
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- Web development consultant at Frameplay
- Cofounder at BlueSwarm.com
- Associate Product Manager at CNET Networks
- IT Specialist at MP4Fest, Inc.
- Security Zone Manager at Naval Air Station Sigonella
- Education
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- University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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Ryan Waggoner’s Summary
Product management and web development experience in building community-oriented web sites. Project coordination with the US Navy in a mission-critical and multicultural environment.
Private real estate investor specializing in small multi-family properties.
Ryan Waggoner’s Specialties:
Web Development – PHP, MySQL, CSS, RSS, AJAX, Javascript
Real Estate Investment – Multifamily evaluation, acquisition, and management
Ryan Waggoner’s Experience
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Founder
MightyBrand
(Internet industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
I am one of the founders of MightyBrand, a new app to help you track what people are saying about you on twitter, blogs, and other social channels. We also give you tools to analyze and engage in those conversations quickly and easily.
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Real Estate Investor
Arrowstone, LLC
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Real Estate industry)
December 2004 — Present (5 years )
Private real estate investment venture launched Dec 2004. Currently own three properties in Colorado Springs, CO.
Notable accomplishments:
- Purchased four-plex in Dec 2004 well below market value
- Managed renovation of three units in four-plex
- Self-managed four-plex for 18 months with occupancy above 97%
- Purchased and renovated single family home in Jan 2007
- Purchased condo in Aug 2007
- All properties currently 100% occupied -
Web development consultant
Frameplay
(Internet industry)
August 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 6 months)
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Cofounder
BlueSwarm.com
(Internet industry)
January 2007 — January 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Built with two partners as a social network aggregator to allow users to easily follow what their friends are doing all over the web
Notable Accomplishments
- Led conceptual development and wrote functional specs
- Coordinated design, development, finance, and marketing
- Coded approximately 60% of the PHP/MySQL and AJAX functionality
- Wrote business plan and executive summary
- Led private beta launch in July 2007 to positive reviews -
Associate Product Manager
CNET Networks
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CNET; Internet industry)
August 2006 — July 2007 (1 year )
Managed product development and project management for GameSpot.com, including a next-generation download manager that mixes web development, Flash development, and cross-platform application development to efficiently deliver premium content to millions of users.
Notable Accomplishments
- Developed functional documents based on product requirements
- Maintained schedules and tracked deliverables for projects in pipeline
- Maintained documentation for products and projects under management
- Coordinated efforts between engineering, design, and marketing
- Performed technical and financial due diligence on potential acquisitions -
IT Specialist
MP4Fest, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
June 2006 — September 2006 (4 months)
Coordinated development of mp4fest.com, an independent music oriented community site.
Notable Accomplishments
- Wrote the initial functional specifications for the site
- Integrated design with content management and ecommerce system
- Developed and implemented online marketing plan
- Performed due diligence and research for possible strategic partnerships -
Security Zone Manager
Naval Air Station Sigonella
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years )
Stationed in Italy for 2.5 years, where I served as Physical Security Zone Manager
Honorably discharged
Notable Accomplishments
- Lead admin for department’s incident reporting and tracking platform
- Coordinated maintenance of physical security equipment
- Conducted security vulnerability assessments for hundreds of locations
- Managed key and lock inventory for department of 400 personnel
- Received two letters of commendation
Ryan Waggoner’s Education
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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
BS , International Business , 2004 — 2006
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude
- Coursework included international finance and management, international marketing, financial modeling, and strategic management.- Activities and Societies:
- Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society
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Ryan Waggoner’s Interests:
new technology, social web startups, investing, finance, real estate, entrepreneurship, reef-keeping, aviation
Ryan Waggoner’s Groups:
Urban Land Institute (ULI)
San Francisco Policy and Urban Research Association (SPUR)
Divers Alert Network (DAN)
Aircraft Owners and Pilot's Association (AOPA)
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MultiFamily Investors (MFI) -
Emerging Markets Real Estate Investors (EMRI)
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