Eric Ryan

Eric Ryan is an experienced software development leader with over 15 years of industry experience.1 He served as the VP of Engineering at MainStreet from December 2020 to May 2022, a tenure of approximately 1 year and 6 months.1

Career Highlights

Current Position: Eric Ryan is currently the Cofounder and CTO of Freeplay, a position he has held since October 2022.1 Freeplay is an AI company, as indicated by his Twitter bio (@freeplay_ai).2

Previous Roles: Before his current role, Eric's career progression included several notable positions:

1. VP of Engineering at MainStreet (Dec 2020 - May 2022)
2. Senior Director of Engineering at Twitter (May 2019 - Feb 2020)
3. Director of Engineering at Twitter (Dec 2016 - May 2019)
4. Various engineering roles at Twitter and Gnip (2010 - 2016)

Achievements at Twitter

During his time at Twitter, Eric led the Developer Platform Engineering team and managed the Boulder office. His accomplishments include:

• Overseeing Twitter's Developer platform, including a $350 million ARR SaaS Data Licensing business
• Leading the transformation of the Developer Platform from a high-touch enterprise business to a hybrid high/self-serve business
• Consistently achieving the highest retention numbers, offer-to-hire ratio, and employee engagement scores across the company1

Education

Eric Ryan holds two Bachelor of Science degrees from West Virginia University:

1. Biometric Systems Engineering
2. Computer Engineering1

Eric is based in Boulder, Colorado, and is known for his expertise in software development leadership and engineering management.12