Ryan J. Salva

CEO

Seattle, Washington, United States26 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Led AI-assisted software development at Google.
  • Drove developer productivity initiatives across major tech companies.
  • Founder of a successful product development consulting business.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Management expert with a strong focus on AI and developer tools.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementArtificial Intelligence (ai)

Other Skills

Large Language Models (LLM)Developer ToolsDevOpsTeam LeadershipAI-assisted software developmentDeveloper ProductivityProduct StrategyUsability TestingCollaboration ToolsMobile ApplicationsCloud ServicesPublic SpeakingCrossFitWeb AnalyticsSEO

About

Experienced developer, product manager and founder with a demonstrated history of working in both start-ups and enterprise. Skilled in Product Management, Software Development, Mobile Applications, Cloud Services, Public Speaking and (after working hours) CrossFit.

Experience

26 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
6 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 11 mos
Current Experience

Google

Senior Director of Product Management

Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos · California, United States · Remote

  • Led product for Google’s developer experience platform, spanning the full software lifecycle from languages and frameworks (e.g. Go, Flutter, Dart) to code authoring (e.g. Gemini CLI) and operations (e.g. Firebase, Cloud Build/Deploy, Artifact Registry).
  • Defined and executed Google’s strategy for AI-assisted software development, including Gemini CLI and Gemini Code Assist—scaling both from zero to millions of developers globally.
  • Led Google’s DORA program, advancing industry-standard research on developer productivity and organizational performance. Applied these insights to shape both product strategy and how engineering teams operate in an AI-native environment.
  • Drove a shift from code-centric productivity to end-to-end delivery velocity, reducing friction across testing, deployment, and operations. Partnered across engineering, research, and go-to-market to accelerate AI adoption across Google’s developer ecosystem where more than 50% of new code is now written by AI.
  • Led Outbound Product Management to shape Google's GTM strategy for developer tools. Personally featured in industry coverage on AI-assisted development and the future of engineering teams, including NY Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, The New Stack, and other major outlets.
Product ManagementLarge Language Models (LLM)Developer ToolsDevOpsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Team Leadership

Github

VP of Product

Jul 2020 – Nov 2024 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

  • My teams help developers build amazing things with code. Through GitHub repositories and PRs, we enable collaboration among open source and enterprise communities. Through code search, we help developers navigate and understand vast oceans of data. Through Codespaces, we make dev environments shareable. Through Copilot, we provide AI pair-programmers in the editor.
Usability TestingLarge Language Models (LLM)Product Management

Microsoft

5 roles

Director of Product Management

Jun 2019 – Nov 2024 · 5 yrs 5 mos

  • Led the Program & Product Management team for Azure DevOps and Microsoft's internal engineering system, 1ES.
Usability TestingProduct Management

Chief Of Staff

Promoted

Aug 2017 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Applied the principles of Product Management to improving team health for Developer Division (1000s of engineers responsible for Visual Studio, VS Code, .NET, Xamarin, etc.) as measured by team diversity, employee retention, employee satisfaction and recruiting pipeline health. Built and guided business and technical strategy, including managing communications, leading team operations, finances, procurement and risk management.
Usability TestingProduct Management

Principal Group Program Manager

Promoted

Feb 2016 – Aug 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Led a team of program managers to consolidate a suite of independent products -- including HockeyApp, CodePush, Azure Notification Hub, Xamarin Test Cloud -- into a single, integrated platform to continuously build, test, release, and monitor apps for iOS, Android, Windows, React Native and Unity.
Usability TestingProduct Management

Principal Program Manager Lead

Promoted

Dec 2014 – Feb 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Led a team of program managers and developers to deliver iOS and Android developer tools using web technologies (primarily Cordova and React Native). Managed all aspects of the product development and go-to-market lifecycle including customer development, product design, engineering, developer evangelism, marketing and business management.
Usability TestingProduct Management

Senior Program Manager

Dec 2010 – Dec 2014 · 4 yrs

  • As part of Developer Division, I designed core elements of the web developer workflow across multiple versions of Expression Blend and Visual Studio IDE -- including tools for CSS design, CSS animation, and our interactive design surface (before React's hot code reloading even existed).
Usability TestingProduct Management

Foundation crossfit llc

Coach

Jan 2012 – Nov 2024 · 12 yrs 10 mos · Seattle, WA

  • Led group classes and personal training sessions in the fundamentals of physical fitness -- including barbell, kettlebell, endurance, gymnastics movements and nutrition.

Capitol media, inc.

Founder

Jun 2003 – Dec 2010 · 7 yrs 6 mos · Seattle, Washington

  • Grew a product development consulting business supported by recurring revenue through in-house subscription based platforms (i.e. ecommerce, content management and email marketing).

X10 wireless technology, inc.

Director of Email Marketing

Jan 2000 – Jan 2003 · 3 yrs

  • Organized team members around ad campaigns to meet daily revenue goals. Devised promotions, designed creative themes and supervised production of creative assets, landing pages and email campaigns in fast, 1-3 day sprints.
  • Designed and implemented customer rewards and email outreach programs to increase both the volume and ASP of return purchases. As a direct result, the corporate revenue model inverted during my tenure to rely on brand loyalty over new customer acquisition.

Cobweb, inc.

Web Developer

Jan 1999 – Jan 2001 · 2 yrs

Education

Vanderbilt University

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) — 20th Century Critical Theory & Philosophy of Aesthetics

Jan 1995 – Jan 1999

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