Ryan King is a professional in their field. Colleagues describe them as "Ryan was in his role as the ISV route leader and strategist when I moved over to manage the team, so we ended up working very closely right from the outset. Over time, he became my key right-hand staff member. Why? Ryan’s a strategic thinker, looking out several moves into the future, and is thus really good at predicting both intended and unintended consequences. Because he is good at understanding technology trends, he often gets unfairly branded as technical; I would characterize him as a balanced high tech business thinker who can sort long term market trends into meaningful and practical decisions and objectives. This characteristic led to our team being able to drive revenue impact and technology direction with global partnerships at an executive level. Being in an open decision making company, Ryan’s ability to work with a variety of globally distributed stakeholders both inside and outside of Red Hat has been highly important. Ryan’s traits of being both a strong collaborator and fun to work with rounds out why I think he is a terrific asset to any high tech business team! " and "Working with Ryan as his marketing partner to bring Red Hat's ISV strategy to life has been a pleasure. He is a technologist at heart, with skills that enable him to bridge into strategy, planning, and team building. Ryan is the full EQ/IQ package, and a trustworthy colleague that you want sitting next to you at the company dinner. "