My blogs

Blogs I follow

Gender	Male
Industry	Technology
Location	San Mateo, CA, United States
Introduction	Ryan Nichols runs product management and marketing for Appirio, and has driven the launch of Appirio's initial portfolio of products. He has over 10 years of experience bringing together business strategy and technology in the enterprise. Ryan joined Appirio from SAP's corporate strategy group, in the office of the CEO, where he led projects to define and execute SAP's product, platform, and M&A strategy. Previously, Ryan's background spans consulting and business software. He was a management consultant for McKinsey & Company, serving over 15 leading financial services and technology clients. He led professional services for an analytics software startup, delivering inventory and pricing analytics software and services to retail and CPG clients. He was trained in product management at Intuit, where he focused on new user acquisition for QuickBooks. Ryan holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Williams College, and an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
Interests	Cloud Computing, SaaS, PaaS, On-Demand, Salesforce.com, Google, Amazon, Appirio