# Ryan Smith **VP of Product — AI & Data Platforms** Georgetown, TX · ryan@smithai.me · [linkedin.com/in/smithrk81](https://www.linkedin.com/in/smithrk81) · [smithai.me](https://smithai.me) Agentic AI & LLM Products in Production | 0-to-1 Product Strategy | Trusted, Auditable AI Output | Hands-On Builder (SQL · Python · Prototypes) | Player-Coach Leadership *This is the plain-text version of [smithai.me/resume.pdf](https://smithai.me/resume.pdf), published for both humans and AI agents. Both carry the same content.* ## Professional Summary AI product executive with 10+ years building enterprise data and AI platforms, currently VP of Product. I prototype the hardest part myself to de-risk the bet — then build and lead the team that takes it to production and org-wide adoption. Leads an 8-person product org across four countries spanning nine product lines; owns platforms processing 2.4 trillion rows. Shipped agentic AI from 0-to-1: a natural-language-to-SQL platform in production across 60+ markets, an org-wide AI assistant with 3,500+ active users, and an executive-sponsored agentic media-buying platform live in a multi-client pilot. Every AI product ships with governance, auditability, and human-in-the-loop oversight built in. U.S. Marine Corps veteran. ## Core Competencies - **Product Leadership:** Product Vision & Strategy · End-to-End Lifecycle (Concept to Launch) · 0-to-1 Product Development · Outcome-Based Roadmapping & Prioritization · Player-Coach Leadership · Executive Partnership (CEO / CPO / CTO) - **AI & Technical Depth:** Agentic AI & LLM Products in Production · Governance, Auditability & Human-in-the-Loop · Natural-Language (NL-to-SQL) Interfaces · RAG & Evaluations · LangChain / LangSmith · SQL · Python · REST APIs - **Data & Platforms:** Master Data Management (MDM) · ETL & Data Quality · Snowflake at Scale · Data-Quality Monitoring & Anomaly Detection · Product Analytics (Amplitude · Tableau · Looker) - **Commercial & Customer:** B2B Products for Technical Users · Customer Discovery & Pilot Validation · Billing, Revenue & Monetization Systems · Pricing & Commercial Terms (as Founder) · In-House + Outsourced Teams · Cross-Functional Leadership ## Professional Experience ### VP, Product Management — Kinesso (Omnicom) · Remote · 04/2024 – Present - Pitched, prototyped, and built a net-new **agentic AI platform 0-to-1** as an executive-sponsored skunkworks: LLM-powered agents that automate a months-long, brief-to-activation media workflow end-to-end, **compressing cycle time from months to days**; validated through a structured pilot with three enterprise clients — live and active since mid-2026. - Shipped a **natural-language (NL-to-SQL) analytics agent now in production across 60+ markets**, supporting millions in revenue and client retention — designed for transparency and auditability so non-technical users can verify every answer; companion "Guard Dog" agent performs proactive data-quality anomaly detection. - Architected a **multi-agent orchestration layer** unifying specialized agents (conversational analytics, data-quality monitoring, onboarding) into one assistant that follows users across the platform — prototyped it personally, won CPO approval, and drove **org-wide adoption: 3,500+ active users**. - Own end-to-end strategy for an enterprise data & AI platform processing **2.4 trillion rows** across four Snowflake accounts and serving 3,000+ platform users — turning operational and quality metrics into prioritized, outcome-based roadmap decisions defended in quarterly executive reviews. - Lead as a **player-coach**: hired and developed a team of 8 product managers and owners (5 direct, 3 dotted-line, including 2 people managers) across the US, India, Malaysia, and Argentina — while still prototyping in SQL and Python, writing specs, and shipping. - Built an AI-enabled Jira tool that cut requirement misunderstandings ~27% — then **retired it after nine months** when usage patterns showed teams trusting output without verification: auditability now ships in every AI product I own. - Guided products and teams through **Omnicom's acquisition of IPG Mediabrands (Nov 2025)**, ensuring delivery continuity, team stability, and post-acquisition platform integration. ### Director, Product Management — Kinesso (IPG Mediabrands) · San Francisco, CA · 10/2021 – 04/2024 - Re-architected a brownfield, SOX-compliant financial system of record — **cutting daily runtime from 6 hours to 1 at the same data volume, reducing the data-error rate roughly 4x across all markets**, and halving monthly client reconciliation time — by diagnosing root causes and rebuilding rather than patching. - Launched a net-new **master data management platform 0-to-1** (Q3 2022), harmonizing core business data across platforms and markets from concept through launch and iteration. - Owned configurable, enterprise-facing data products end-to-end — ETL, data-quality monitoring, dashboards/reporting, and third-party API integrations — evolving standalone tools into a connected platform. - Managed and coached 2 product managers and five distributed development teams (in-house + outsourced), introducing outcome-based roadmapping and agile cadences that improved delivery speed and predictability. ### Senior Product Manager — Kinesso (IPG Mediabrands) · San Francisco, CA · 10/2018 – 10/2021 - Owned Performance Reporting and Billing products globally across three distributed teams — balancing standard-vs-custom reporting, integrations, and KPIs end-to-end. - Planned, built, and launched a net-new analytics product from concept to **MVP in 12 weeks** (0-to-1). ### Senior Product Manager — RhythmOne (programmatic advertising platform) · San Francisco, CA · 06/2017 – 10/2018 - Owned analytics, smart-linking, and developer-facing API products for enterprise and SMB customers; served on the Architectural Review Committee, partnering with engineering on platform architecture decisions. ### Product Manager, promoted to Senior Product Manager — RadiumOne (venture-backed AdTech startup) · San Francisco, CA · 09/2015 – 06/2017 - Owned the Analytics Suite end-to-end at a fast-scaling startup; built prototypes in SQL, Python, and JavaScript to move from idea to validated concept quickly. ### Founder / Owner — CoatingInspectors.com (industrial coating inspection — QA/QC services) · Cary, Illinois · 2013 – 2015 - Founded and ran a B2B industrial inspection business end-to-end — sales, proposals, pricing and commercial terms, and delivery — landing **enterprise contracts with Chevron and Kiewit**. **Earlier career:** Integration Manager, RadiumOne (2015) · Email Marketing Developer, Zynga (2015) · Front-End Web Developer, K5 Studios (2014–2015). **2006–2013 — skilled trades & aviation:** diesel mechanic, trim carpenter, aircraft-restoration manager, and civilian avionics technician, before founding CoatingInspectors.com. ## Military Service ### Avionics Technician — United States Marine Corps · 01/2001 – 01/2006 - Maintained avionics systems on Marine Corps aircraft — hands-on quality assurance in a high-consequence engineering environment. Led and managed up to 40 Marines; held Top Secret clearance; earned the CDI (Quality Assurance) stamp as the only Marine in the unit to hold it; received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for an 8-month deployment. ## Selected Project - **smithai.me** — Designed and built a personal AI site featuring a retrieval-grounded (RAG) assistant, a live natural-language-to-SQL demo, and a job-fit analyzer — deployed on serverless functions with grounded, auditable responses, rate limiting, and cost caps. ## Education & Professional Development **Associate's Degree in Business** — University of Phoenix. Ongoing: Pragmatic Institute product training; pro-bono product advisor to two early-stage AI startups; hands-on with modern agent/LLM tooling (LangChain/LangSmith, RAG, evaluations).