Ryan Delgado

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Director of Engineering at Ramp

New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Overview

Ryan Delgado is the Director of Engineering at Ramp, where he leads the Data Platform team. He specializes in building data infrastructure, tooling, and high-performing engineering teams from the ground up. He holds a Masters degree in Information and Data Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Outside of his direct engineering work, Ryan has an academic interest in economic modeling and has published research in the field. He is an Eagle Scout and was a Claude Sutton Scholar, receiving a full-tuition scholarship for his undergraduate studies based on academic merit.

He authored a research paper that identified a statistically significant structural break in recession forecasting models.

Personality Overview

Fast-Paced

Self-Confident

Decisive

They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles.  They respond well to confident salespeople. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value.

Topics They Care About

Building Data Platforms
He built Ramp's data platform team from scratch, defining the roadmap and growing the team to 18 engineers across five subteams.
Developing Engineering Leaders
His personal passion is building not just teams of engineers, but also developing them into leaders, a focus demonstrated in his roles at both Ramp and Citadel.
ClickHouse Technology
He is an active proponent of ClickHouse, having recently presented at the OpenHouse conference on how Ramp uses the technology to scale its analytics.

Media Appearances

The Speed Advantage: Why Velocity Outpaces Over‑engineering with Ryan Delgado, Ramp. Featured in Matia.io – Crunching Data

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Ramp: Powering Finance with Data & Airflow – Ryan Delgado. Featured in Astronomer.io Podcast

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Work History

3-2024
Director of Engineering at Ramp
2-2022 - 3-2024
Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform at Ramp
11-2021 - 2-2022
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure at Ramp
1-2021 - 10-2021
Senior Software Engineer at Citadel
6-2019 - 1-2021
Head of Data Engineering, Global Equities at Citadel

Education

2009 - 2013
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2017 - 2019
Master of Information and Data Science from University of California, Berkeley

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Insights For Selling To Ryan

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Make sure that they have the necessary authority, they could present false stature sometimes
  • Stress on the business value that your product offers
  • Be crisp while making the pitch

DONT's

  • Refrain from asking too many questions
  • Avoid repeating yourself or making generalizations
  • Do not give up if they are not convinced, try again with a different approach

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Ryan is

  • Belief in the product plays an important role, followed by objective proof and testimonials.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Ryan

  • They may hesitate slightly, but if they are not convinced, they will say no.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Ryan move?

  • Their decision making speed is somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Ryan take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks only after they have analyzed the advantages and disadvantages.

You And Ryan

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