Chief Experience Officer at RecruitMilitary, LLC
Cincinnati Area
- Current
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- Chief Experience Officer at RecruitMilitary
- Managing Partner at AnotherVenture, LLC
- Past
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- Vice President, Technology at The Devine Group, Inc.
- Partner at FamousIdiot.com
- Managing Partner at Emerson Digital
- Managing Partner at US Digital Partners
- President/CEO at Sharkbytes, Inc.
- Education
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- University of Cincinnati
- Liberty High School
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Ryan Walker’s Summary
Objective:
To lead the development and implementation of effective e-business/web strategies and initiatives to substantially contribute to the organization’s success.
* One of Cincinnati’s early web pioneers, I have fourteen years experience developing web applications, serving clients from the Fortune 50 to mid- and small-sized businesses across a wide range of industries.
* Early adopter of database-to-web technologies, PHP in 1996, ASP in 1997, and .NET in 2001, and Ruby on Rails in 2005.
* A thought leader in the Interactive space, having delivered speeches and articles on the importance of user experience.
* Experience with business development, management, strategy, web programming (Ruby on Rails, ASP.NET, ASP, SQL, XML, Javascript, CSS, XHTML), and web creative (Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator).
* 2000 Cincinnati Business Courier 40-Under-40 Award Recipient.
* Member American Mensa.
Ryan Walker’s Specialties:
Internet/Web, software engineering, technology management + strategy, sales + business development, extensive start-up/small-biz experience.
Ryan Walker’s Experience
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Chief Experience Officer
RecruitMilitary
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
* Ensure that the experiences the organization delivers its stakeholders are a strategic advantage, not a liability.
* Map out both present-day and ideal experiences, seek to understand experience expectations, identify “pain points”, and determine how to deliver better experiences for improved ROI.
* Analysis & implementation of solutions to minimize/remove “choke points” in our processes.
* Establishing and continuously improving core metrics for our online business model & products. -
Managing Partner
AnotherVenture, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
AnotherVenture is focused on both helping people realize the success of their web venture, as well as launch a few web products of our own :)
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Vice President, Technology
The Devine Group, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
October 2003 — May 2008 (4 years 8 months)
The Devine Group is a high-growth software and consulting firm, specializing in the psychometric testing space. Ryan is responsible for managing and continuously improving the technology, as well as assisting in other areas of the business.
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Partner
FamousIdiot.com
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
April 2003 — January 2008 (4 years 10 months)
Co-founder/collaborator on opinion website FamousIdiot.com (50,000 visitors/mo.)
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Managing Partner
Emerson Digital
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
May 2001 — April 2007 (6 years )
Launched second Web consultancy, secured ten new clients within first three months.
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Managing Partner
US Digital Partners
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
June 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 5 months)
Created third consulting firm, left to pursue startup opportunity.
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President/CEO
Sharkbytes, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
June 1995 — May 2001 (6 years )
* Established one of the first Web agencies in the U.S. in the spring of 1994.
* Built some of the first Cincinnati websites for a group of forward thinking clients including BICC General, Cincinnati Public Schools, Interlott, Johnson & Johnson, Bell Atlantic, GE Federal Credit Union, U.S. Department of Energy, P&G, Ohio Secretary of State, as well as for a number of less well-known companies.
* Successfully negotiated the sale of the company to UCI Web Group, Inc.
* Served over 200 clients in more than 400 web projects, over a six-year period.
Ryan Walker’s Education
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University of Cincinnati
Computer Science 1990 — 1992
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Liberty High School
Additional Information
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Ryan Walker’s Groups:
Cincinnati.rb, Agile Round Table (Cincinnati), Rails Community
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Cincinnati Startup Drinks -
Cincinnati.rb
Ryan Walker’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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