Ryan Bricklemyer

Ryan Bricklemyer is the Vice President of Ad Operations & Product at Octopus Interactive. Ryan has over 10 years of experience in product management and has held previous positions at T-Mobile, Resonate, and Verve Group. At Verve, they were responsible for defining the product strategy and roadmap for the video marketplace, publisher support, SDK development, programmatic connectivity, and new creative units. Ryan also created Go-To-Market strategies and worked with Marketing & Sales teams when launching new products. Ryan is a thought leader in the industry and has represented Verve at various events. Ryan is also the voice of the customer and has developed an understanding of customer needs through direct client interaction and user experience analysis. In their current role at Octopus Interactive, Ryan is responsible for leading the product team and ensuring that the products delivered are world-class.

Ryan Bricklemyer has a MS and BS in Information Systems from University of Maryland Baltimore County and is certified from The Trade Desk in Edge Academy Certified: Marketing Foundations.

They work with Dillon Tedesco - Chief Revenue Officer, Bennett Fogel - Chief Commercial Officer, and Dan Thomas - VP, Business Development. Their manager is Cherian Thomas, Co-founder & CEO.