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Ryan Reading

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SVP, Software Engineering at Skydio
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Ryan Reading is the SVP of Software Engineering at Skydio, where he leads the development of connected, autonomous drone fleets for public safety, defense, and energy. Previously at Samsara, he scaled the software team from 25 to over 200 during a period of hypergrowth. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Missouri University of Science and Technology.

He holds multiple patents, including one for an innovative "Event notification system" and another for a "Baseline event detection system".

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
SVP, Software Engineering
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Ryan shows up

Assertive
Example Seeker
Value Driven

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They often ask many questions and rely heavily on information and documentation. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.

Priorities

Topics Ryan cares about

Autonomous Drones
Passionate about building drones as infrastructure to solve real-world problems for critical industries like public safety, defense, and energy utilities.
Engineering Leadership
Experienced in scaling software teams through hypergrowth, having grown an engineering organization from approximately 25 to over 200 people at his previous company.
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Career

Work history

6-2025
SVP, Software Engineering
Skydio
10-2020 - 8-2025
VP, Software
Skydio
11-2019 - 6-2020
VP/GM - Fleet Safety
Samsara
10-2018 - 11-2019
VP of Engineering
Samsara
7-2017 - 9-2018
Senior Director Of Engineering
Samsara
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Education
1997 - 2002
Bachelor of Science - BS
Missouri University of Science and Technology
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Influence (I)

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