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Ryan Rowe

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Co-Founder & CTO at Archive
📍 Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States

Ryan Rowe is a three-time entrepreneur and product-focused technologist serving as the Co-Founder and CTO of Archive. With a background in product design and an MS from Columbia University, he specializes in creating high-quality user experiences and has led multiple companies, including one acquired by Palantir.

Inspired by a desire to tackle climate change, Ryan is passionate about reducing waste and building a circular economy. He co-founded Archive to be mission-driven, aiming to change consumer behavior by keeping products in circulation and out of landfills through technology.

Unique fact: His first company, Kimono Labs, a web-scraping tool that came out of Y Combinator, was acquired by Palantir Technologies in 2016.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & CTO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Ryan shows up

Persuasive
Assertive
Charismatic

They like to keep things under control. They do not mind taking risks and can make hard decisions, if necessary. They are charming and have the ability to align others behind their decisions.

Priorities

Topics Ryan cares about

Circular Economy
Co-founded Archive to reduce waste and help brands launch resale programs, keeping products out of landfills and building sustainable business models.
Branded Resale
He is building the technology to power profitable, brand-owned resale businesses, working with major companies like The North Face and New Balance.
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Career

Work history

11-2020
Co-Founder & CTO
Archive
2-2018 - 11-2020
Advisor
Independent
6-2018 - 9-2019
Founder, CEO
Mello, Inc.
2-2016 - 2-2018
Forward Deployed Engineer
Palantir Technologies
1-2014 - 2-2016
Co-Founder & CTO
Kimono Labs
In the press

Media appearances

Archive Raises $15M Series A for Resale Software. Featured in PR Newswire
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Education
2014 - 2014
W14
Y Combinator
MS
Columbia University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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