Ryan Durkin

Helping WHOOP become the #1 most AI-forward workplace, and helping the Commonwealth of Massachusetts lead in AI via the Massachusetts AI Coalition. AI @ Work: Baking AI into the employee lifecycle (Attract --> Hire --> Onboard --> Develop --> Retain). Helping unlock tools, empower humans, and collectively build the future we want to see in the world. AI Coalition: A private-sector initiative to unite the founders, operators, students, investors, supporters, and builders that will define the next era of AI in Massachusetts. Details here: https://massaicoalition.com/

(Acquired by WHOOP) The Substack of Knowledge: AnyQuestion is an audio-video knowledge sharing platform, combining the power of AI with the timeless format of Q&A.

(Bootstrapped $1M profitable company) The sports agency of tech. We represent, manage, and coach champion tech operators.

(Acquired by Uber for $1.1 Billion) Transforming the way people shop for alcohol. - Exec team - Built Drizly's first Product team from scratch, including Product Managers, Analytics (BI and Data Science) team, Product Design, Category Management & Merchandising team. - Defined product vision, strategy, roadmap through execution. - Responsible for 10 products, including: Native iOS and Android consumer apps (accounting for 70% of revenue), consumer web, retailer portal, supplier products, internal tools, and data products. - Directly sourced and hired 20+ former coworkers into the company, including half of the exec team. Products: Consumer Experience: • Conversion optimization related to inspiration & discovery, site navigation, browse experience, category page management, product detail pages, homepage • Checkout, post order checkout experience, and notification services (push notification and CRM tie-ins) • Frequency initiatives, including recs, easy reordering, favorites, driving AOV and frequency • Category Management & Merchandising promotional efforts • Corporate planning and gifting solutions Retailer Tools, Supplier Tools, and Internal Tools: • Retailer onboarding platform, driving new retailers to our platform • Internal retailer ordering portal, processing live time orders, packing, and fulfillment • Order fulfillment tools, including 3rd party delivery integrations • Insights data product used by retailers to leverage POS data to inform their selection • Site merchandising tools & CMS Owner of People Operations tied to Performance Management, including performance reviews, 360's, goal setting and followup, competency development, leveling, and more.

(IPO 2014) Transforming the way people shop for furniture. - Product Management Search & Discovery - Sourced 20 individual hires to Wayfair, across 10 different business units, including Product Management, Data Science, BI & Analytics, People Operations & Recruiting, Product Design, Engineering, Customer Acquisition Marketing, Customer Service, Category Management, and Operations & Logistics. - Won the 2015 "Wayfair Transparency Award," awarded for demonstrating Wayfair's core value of transparency.

- Cofounded CampusLIVE, used by 1+ Million college students in the US. - Built 30+ FTE person team. 10 of our original 30 employees have gone on to found their own companies. Many others are now in leadership positions within: Wayfair, Drizly, Draftkings, Toast, HqO, ButcherBox, and other Boston companies. - Raised $8.5M of funding from top investors including Highland Capital Partners, CRV, and GSV Capital. - Over 50 national brands including McDonalds, Proctor & Gamble, Chevy, Ford, Anheuser-Busch, and more.

Atheltics: Recruited to D-1 Track and Field Program. Captain of Track and XC teams. Scholarship: Fully financed my education through scholarship. Awards: - UMass 21st Century Leadership Award: The University's highest honor. - UMass Senior Leadership Award: Awarded to Top 25 graduating seniors in class of 4,000+. - Isenberg Senior Leadership Award: Awarded to Top 15 graduating senior. - Francis Ouimet Scholar: 2008 banquet speaker alongside Gary Player in front of a crowd of 1,500. - Kenneth O'Brien Scholarship: Awarded to student-athlete for academic and athletic achievement.