Katie Ryan Email & Phone Number

Bend, Oregon, United States

A side-hustle blending brand and communication consulting + curating facts and insights about unique wonders found in nature.

Austin, Texas

Launched a mobile gaming company to engage consumers in renewable energy.

Bend, Oregon, United States

As COO, I led the team putting the trampolines under WattTime and its partners - namely with responsibility for organizational goal setting, hiring, performance, compensation, compliance, finance, marketing, communications and fundraising. I came into the role at a time of rapid transition and enabled it to grow in a meaningful way - namely, achieving ongoing growth of 100x annual impact. I served the WattTime mission with an incredible team of software engineers, data scientists, analysts and partnership developers from diverse backgrounds and with an incredible sense of purpose and drive. Together, we built a trust-based culture where people can thrive professionally and personally. A few projects I led that bring me the most pride: * Designed and scaled equitable practices from scratch, notably Compensation, Hiring, Performance, Remote Work and Leave.* Established a standalone back office, including Accounting, Compliance and Benefits, during a swift 14-day spinout in 2021.* Led approach, structure and ethos for all people-work resulting in 300% team growth, 95% acceptance of offers and minimal turnover. * Managed 10+ fulltime and contract employees and vendor partners based globally, across Operations, Marketing, IT and Programs. * Served WattTime’s Board of Directors as Secretary; recruited, onboarded, offboarded new Board Members; owned meeting materials.* Led MarCom strategy to amplify partner success and elevate emissions analysis at the intersection of data, tech, and social impact. * Spearheaded semi-annual team offsites including creation and facilitation of organizational, technical, and cultural topics and practices and pivots between remote and in-person during a global pandemic.

Austin, Texas Area

I joined the team making actionable "what time" is the cleanest to use energy - a choice people haven't had despite the fact that pollution from fossil fuel electricity generation is significant and damaging and that there is a lot of flexible energy load out there we use a lot (eg. thermostats, EV chargers. hot water heaters). I joined a mighty team of 8 where I orchestrated multi-stakeholder collaborations to adopt and elevate WattTime's technology through partnerships, marketing and overhauling our website. I also joined when I was 3 months pregnant and had the privilege of establishing our organization's parental leave policy and practices; it was a time of a lot of positive professional and personal growth!The partnerships team continued to grow when I moved over to COO, securing significant opportunities for impact with Google Nest, Microsoft and Salesforce amongst others.

Austin, Tx

My role on the Sustainability Team focuses on employee engagement in delivering on NRG's vision to drive a sustainable energy future. I lead one of the 5 pillars for our Sustainability Strategy, focusing on efforts to train employees on sustainability principles, create and sustain onsite programming, reduce workplace waste and uphold the UN Women Empowerment Principles. As a small team, NRG Sustainability collaborates extensively with other internal business groups as well as external organizations to both accelerate our impacts and infuse diverse perspectives and objectives of our stakeholders into our efforts.One of the projects our team leads which makes me the most proud is the work to achieve our aggressive, science based climate reduction goals.

Austin, Tx

Green Mountain Energy is the nation's longest-serving retailer of renewable energy. On a mission to "change the way power is made" since 1997, the company offers homes and businesses the choice for clean energy. I came on board as the first in-house PR lead, responsible for establishing the internal and external communications strategy for the company, hiring a team and managing our communication's agency. Some of the best stories I had the privilege of telling originated from the Green Mountain Energy Sun Club, a program that encourages donations from customers, employees and the company to donate solar to non-profits. Speaking to local, regional and national media about the fantastic work of non-profits like Greyston Bakery, Greensgrow Farm, Sea Turtle, Inc and the continued contributions from customers made me feel like I had the best job at the company.

You innovate. WE communicate.Waggener Edstrom Worldwide has helped many of the world’s leading brands - including GE Healthcare, MasterCard International, Microsoft and HTC - give life to great ideas and compelling visions. I worked with Texas Instruments DLP to tell the stories of how its 3D projector added value to the classroom (think frog dissection without the blood!). I also enjoyed supporting Microsoft's education work via Partners in Learning which supported and celebrated top tech-savvy teachers across the world. The Silicon Labs Austin Marathon Relay was also a special project I supported for a pro-bono effort with WE. Waking up early to support our spokespeople who also ran the race was one of my favorite, and sweatiest, working days of the year. It also led to my first opportunity to serve on a Board, through the race's benefiting non-profit, Junior Achievement.

United States

My first job after graduating from The University of Texas took me on a year-long road trip across the United States as part of a mobile marketing effort on the much-adored Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. As part of a two-person team, I pitched and served as a spokesperson for media, rallied consumers to take part in various sweepstakes offers and clicked many camera buttons for photos. We also made sure not to scratch our buns in public, driving safely across the hotdog highways of America.

New York City, Ny