Ryan Gallagher Email & Phone Number

Wausau, Wi, Us

A fun, limited edition, on-air radio program (also available on Alexa, Apple Podcasts & Spotify), dedicated to our glacier-driven mountainous hometown of Wausau, Wisconsin, USA (aka “Wisconsin’s Basecamp”!); exclusively for Wausonians! Join us once a week for an hour of awesome (Wausome) interviews with the Wausau area business & entertainment leaders that help make Wausau, Wausau. Saturdays 8-9 AM CST on BULL FALLS RADIO 98.9 (or just tell Alexa, “Alexa, play WXCO” at 8 AM CST on Saturdays!) On Spotify and Apple by searching “Wausau Business Show”.All proceeds benefit The Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin.

A restaurant investment group with the goal of supporting Wausau’s dining & culinary experiences, in any way we can, through a lens of Economic Development—Talent Attraction & Retention for the Wausau area.

Mosinee, Us

Packlytics is a remote monitoring platform (proprietary hardware & software) that makes dumb machines smart to measure & reduce packaging usage. Packlytics.com

Wausau, Wisconsin, Us

Rocket Industrial’s industry-leading platform is used by brands and manufacturers across the U.S. that choose to Package With Less™ — Chosen by over 80% of Fortune 500 manufacturers!- Awarded “Great Place To Work” 9-years in a row through anonymous employee surveys conducted by independent third-party auditing firm.- Awarded global “Elite Supplier” distinction - Greenheck Group.- National Packaging Distributor of the Year - Afflink, 2021.

Wausau, Wisconsin, Us

Replatformed, rebranded, and dramatically grew national e-commerce cleaning supply company.Exited CleanFreak.com in 2021 to Kelsan — Knoxville, TN

Wausau, Wisconsin, Us

Systems development and corporate strategic planning.

Evolving radio's perspective on brand value—bringing fresh new thinking about over-the-air formats into an increasingly digital world. We're Radioscope. We use Major Market Insights™ to design the radio brands of the future.- Published "Radio's New Consumer" study, analyzing over 11-Million data points/comments about over-the-air radio vs. on-demand digital audio/radio (Pandora, Spotify, etc.) working with one of Fast Company Magazine's "Top-10 Innovators": A company founded by a Harvard University professor who developed one of the first "Natural Language Models" for “Twitter Hose” comment segmentation & sentiment analysis.Still untapped potential.

New York, Ny, Us

“Getting You To The Future, Faster.” Digital, brand, experiential, mobile, and email marketing. Clients included Sprint (T-Mobile), Sauza & Hornitos project work, as well as working on new business development. Selected by firm’s leadership to attend SxSw Conference in Austin, Texas.Nice people. Ponderous culture.

Blacksburg, Virginia, Us

Insight mining, account planning, connections planning; digital strategy development.Worked on successful Mizuno, Hasbro, Graco, Rackspace, and Moveline pitches.Fell in love with the Blue Ridge/Appalachians, Roanoke & Blacksburg, VA. Including cheering for the Hokies (second to Badgers!)

Tampa, Fl, Us

Managed clients including an e-commerce developer of fashion brands Oscar de la Renta, LACOSTE, Calvin Klein, Judith Lieber, DKNY, et al. Also managed regional quick service restaurant (QSR) chain; and regional medical center.

New York, Us

- Considered youngest person to host daily major/large market show in radio history (19-years-old, Jacor, 1999). Arbitron/Nielsen Rated Top 3, Persons 18-34; Z107.7 (KSLZ-FM), St Louis, MO.- 93.3 WFLZ (Tampa/St. Pete); one of iHeartMedia’s most respected, highly-rated, and highest grossing radio stations in the United States. Beamed to other stations in the U.S., including Rochester, New York.- Selected to represent iHeartRadio/Clear Channel at The Teen Choice Awards, American Idol, and Paramount & Universal movie premiers in New York & Los Angeles.- Continually Arbitron/Nielsen Rated Top 3 among Persons 18-34 and Persons 12+.- Interviews included Rainne Wilson (The Office), Beyoncé, Paris Hilton, Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy), Busta Rhymes, Tony Hawk, Ryan Seacrest, Rhianna, Chris Brown, Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy), *NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees, Sean Paul, Taylor Dayne, Nick Carter, Nick Lachey, Jessica Simpson, Gavin DeGraw, Jon Hader (Napoleon Dynamite), and others.- Managed team of radio show employees; talent mentoring and coaching.

New York, Us

WFLZ (93.3 / "93-3 FLZ") - Tampa, FL f/k/a THE POWER PIG!!!🐽PD(s): Jeffery “Booger” Kapugi / KANE (RIP🥲) - (Shout out to MJ Kelly & BJ Harris, Hurricane, and Bubba)KDWB (101.3) - Minneapolis, MN (weekends during college)PD: Rob Morris (shout out to Tone E. Fly, Dave Ryan, and Rich Davis)KSLZ (107.7 / Z107-7) - St. Louis, MO Proudly hired by legendary Randy Michaels-founded broadcast company Jacor: “The Noise You Can’t Ignore…But, don’t lose the license!” (Sold to iHeartRadio during tenure.)PD: Jeffery “Booger” KapugiWRVW (107.5 The River) - Nashville, TNPD: Jimmy SteeleWZEE (104.1 / Z104) - Madison, WIPD(s): Jimmy Steele/Tommy BoDean/Jon Reilly*Special thanks to those not mentioned above who - through their mentorship/friendship/leadership, or example - played key roles in my radio career: David Scott Smiley / Jef & Jer while at Q106 & Star in San Diego w/ Tracy Johnson as PD; Tom Poleman & Paul Cubby Bryant while PD/MD at KRBE & then Z100 NYC (rainy day trying to get to Secaucus); Joel Denver-AllAccess; the guy from California Airchecks; Power 92 and Bruce Kelly in Phoenix; Dave Raven, Duke Wright, Duff Damos & Bill Mitchell; Cat Thomas KLUC Vegas; Kevin Kollins, Brother Bill Shulz (94 WKTI/IFC), Jackie Johnson; Shadoe Stevens, Jed The Fish, Bubba The Love Sponge, Howard Stern, Casey Kasem; Nick Daley; Eric Chase; JJ Kincaid, Joe DeNiro, Terry Gross, Sal Danza, Domino, Valentine, JoJo Wright, BJ Harris, Boomer, Marc Chase; Catfish Cooper & Marc Anthony (Z104); Dan Kiley, Kelly Kelly Kelly, Paul Harvey, Jeff Smulyan, David Letterman, Scott Shannon, Art Bell, Marc Driscoll; Eddie & Jobo (The Killer B), Rush Limbaugh, Scott Tyler; my Mom, who always had the radio on growing up (WIFC); and my aunt, who gave me my first microphone when I was 5. I write this all for myself, mostly. If you're still reading, I owe you an IPA. (WIPA would be great call letters for a rock station, anywhere east of the Mississippi.) The bottom line: I love you, radio.

Followed in Chris Farley’s shoes tentin’ at Wisconsin’s longest-held family-owned business.“Hi, Chris Farley, Gallagher Tent & Awning…” -Farley to Spade their first time meeting.Installed major tents & awnings. Gained muscle mass. Worked VERY part-time (due to being a collegiate weakling).

Media production company.Produced television, corporate video, & audio. (Somewhat of an important life lesson & failure!)

Wedding DJ and Laser Disc Karaoke Host for couples who (unwittingly) “sought” mildly pubescent 14, 15, & 16 year olds to play exceptional music and lead the Conga Line on their special night.Sold/exited company to Merrill-based mobile DJ & current Saw Mill Adventure Park entrepreneur (Wausau, WI).

Played first song under WIFC’s new Midwest Communications ownership (from Journal Communications), with Wisconsin Broadcasting Hall-of-Famer Duke Wright by my side (“Eye of The Tiger”). At just 16, was honored to edit 100% of WIFC’s on-air imaging — America’s longest-running Top 40 CHR; including producing the first aural brand imaging package to launch the new morning show (still doing the same show 25-years later and now a market LEGEND): Dave Kallaway!#1 station in Central Wisconsin with 100,000 Watts of Hit Music Power…. Arbitron Diary Rated 1Q/yr. Rated 36.5-40.0% share of listening audience.Edited on analog Tascam reel-to-reels, and digital SawPlus Pro.Program Director & Exceptional Mentor/Coach/Leader/Friend: Rod Phillips (Rod went on to become PD at Kiss in Chicago, and then Sr. VP of Country Programming at iHeartRadio (now Bobby Bones’ boss). Ask him about our WIFC Packer/Patriots Super Bowl party…)

Doled out skate rentals, served hungry skaters at the snack bar, played tunes… and announced people’s names that had Paper Flowers waiting for them at the DJ Booth. 😍🌹#1 most-played song: “Informer” by SNOW. (Paid less than minimum wage). 🤷‍♂️

Filmed “Hot Sleds, Fast Ice” World Snowmobile Championships and other shows, commercials, and promos.Edited on analog and digital Panasonic and Betamax.

Speedily assisted Mr. Bergstrom, Mr. Bautch, and Mr. Lankford carry their clubs from bag storage or their Oldsmobile/Lincoln trunks to their golf carts. (I believe Mr. Bergstrom had the best handicap out of the three mentioned above, for the record).ALWAYS triple-checked that the golf bags were secured to cart prior to the member’s cart departing. To date, never seen Caddy Shack. 🏌️‍♂️⛳️

Co-Executive Produced, Co-Directed, & Co-Edited, “Week Day Warz” film (6th Grade).

Sports card dealer & trader. Accidentally sold David Justice’s Atlanta Braves Upper Deck Rookie Card as a Common. 🤷🏻‍♂️ (5th Grade).

Bachelor'S Degree, School Of Journalism; Social Psychology Emphasis

Master'S Of Science, Business (Emphasis: Brand Strategy)