Ryan Nelson

Ryan Nelson is an experienced professional in account management and sales, currently serving as Account Director at OpenAI since May 2025. Prior to this role, Ryan held various positions at Retool, including Sales Lead and Enterprise Account Executive from November 2020 to May 2025. As a Founding Partner at Code5, Ryan focused on innovating AI solutions for the US Government from April 2020 to May 2022. Additionally, Ryan worked as an Enterprise Account Executive at Gigster from January 2017 to April 2020, where collaboration with clients resulted in $7.1 million in revenue. Earlier experience includes a role at Cisco as a Product Sales Specialist, managing public sector sales in the mid-Atlantic region. Ryan holds a B.A. in International Business and Spanish from the College of Charleston.