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Ryan Polk

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Chief Product & Technology Officer at Restaurant365
📍 Reno, Nevada, United States

Ryan Polk is the Chief Product & Technology Officer at Restaurant365, specializing in Agile and Lean transformation for software companies. A seasoned executive with experience at Stack Overflow and Insight Partners, he holds a Master of Science from Georgetown University. Colleagues describe him as a practical, professional, and knowledgeable leader.

Passionate about fostering technical communities, Ryan was instrumental in founding Northern Nevadas longest-running Developers Group. He enjoys sharing his knowledge and has presented on Agile methodologies to help other local development shops grow and implement new practices.

While at Stack Overflow, he drove strategic partnerships with both Google Cloud and OpenAI to integrate their technologies into the Stack Overflow platform.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
Chief Product & Technology Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States
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Agile Transformation
A seasoned executive who has designed and delivered Agile and Lean transformations for over 50 software companies throughout his career.
AI Development Tools
Led recent strategic partnerships at Stack Overflow with OpenAI and Google Cloud to integrate GenAI capabilities for developers.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Chief Product & Technology Officer
Restaurant365
1-2022
Board Member
Dragonboat
2-2022 - 4-2025
Board Member
LaunchNotes
9-2023 - 12-2024
Chief Product Officer
Stack Overflow
8-2020 - 8-2023
Operating Partner - Product & Technology
Insight Partners
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Education
Master of Science - MS
Georgetown University
Bachelor of Arts
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
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