Ryan S. Email & Phone Number

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

I am currently working with Sweetwater Sound as a Senior Sales Engineer. My duties include pre and post sales support. Inbound and outbound logistics management. Maximization of specific seasonal Merchandising initiatives. I supported the sales staff as a team leader and a beta tester of several large strategic system rollouts.A few key achievements in this tenure include:• Recognized for growing sales by 8%-30% YoY for 15 consecutive years.• Top performing salesperson on a team of over 600.• Commended for maximizing sales output in specific channels.• Helped organization with growth from $100M in annual sales to over $1B+.• Built new partnerships and increased sales using videos as a sales and marketing tool: youtube.com/channel/UCjLj6pvtITY4OkT5a15xUkA

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjLj6pvtITY4OkT5a15xUkA?view_as=subscriberThe Gear Cage is a new ongoing project to explore audio, music, video, and lighting production and feature topics. Our goal is to reach and cultivate new audiences and build relationships with our viewers outside of a normal corporate voice.The Gear Cage features product reviews, educational videos, Op-Ed videos, documentary pieces and more. If any of these things interest you click on the link above to subscribe!

I founded VI Labs LLC in 2011, and raised product awareness in the marketplace through advertisement and strategic marketing partnerships. I guided our product development teams for continuous functional excellence and brokered strategic deals to capitalize on our market position to increase market awareness and re-define the state-of-the-art in our category. I was directly in charge of Sales, Marketing, Operations, Art Direction, and Product Design.A few key achievements in this tenure include:• Acknowledged for introducing two award-winning products.• Pioneered and drove VI Labs as a software virtual instrument start-up.• Improving sales from zero to over $1M in gross sales.