Pat Ryan

Current

Director, Digital Strategy at CMEC Secretariat

Past

Senior Product Manager, Mobile Portal & Merchandise at Lavalife
Account Director (New Business Development) at Digital Marketing
Product Manager, Fantasy Sports at TSN & Fantasy Sports Network

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Education

Dale Carnegie Business Group
The University of British Columbia
(PMC) Pragmatic Marketing

(PMP) Project Management Institute
George Brown College
Concordia University

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Recommended

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Connections

202 connections

Industry

Internet

Pat Ryan’s Summary

- Leadership experience in Marketing
- Ability to provide insightful observations & judgements in both strategic & executional situations
- Proven ability in project management and leading large cross functional teams
- Demonstrated analytical skills and ability to think strategically
- Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal (ability to effectively communicate in front of large groups of people)
- Solid partnering and creative problem solving skills

Fluently bilingual (French & English).
Hobbies: running, cinema, photography, cooking, swimming, sports.

Pat Ryan’s Specialties:

advertising, account management, analytics, business development, insight and recommendations, marketing, media planning, new product development, product management, product architect (tactical), product planner (strategic), project management, relationship management, strategic partnerships, usability, user experience.

Pat Ryan’s Experience

Director, Digital Strategy

CMEC Secretariat

(Non-Profit; Machinery industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Senior Product Manager, Mobile Portal & Merchandise

Lavalife

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

March 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 6 months)
Account Director (New Business Development)

Digital Marketing

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

September 2003 — March 2007 (3 years 7 months)

Freelance Account Director.

Foote, Cone & Belding, September 2003 – November 2004
Mindblossom, December 2004 – November 2005
MacLaren MRM, November 2005 – December 2005
Trapeze Media, December 2005 – March 2007
Product Manager, Fantasy Sports

TSN & Fantasy Sports Network

(Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

December 2000 — August 2003 (2 years 9 months)

Pat Ryan’s Education

Dale Carnegie Business Group

Dale Carnegie Training , Leadership , 2009

Dale Carnegie Course: Effective Communications & Human Relations
The University of British Columbia

Award of Achievement in Web Analytics , Web Analytics , 2009

o Introduction to Web Analytics
o Web Analytics for Site Optimization
o Measuring Marketing Campaigns Online
o Creating and Managing the Analytical Business Culture
(PMC) Pragmatic Marketing

Practical Product Management Certified , Product Management , 2007
(PMP) Project Management Institute

Project Management Professional (PMP) , Project Management , 2006
George Brown College

Certificate , Digital Arts , 2005
Concordia University

B.Sc. , Applied Math, Computer Science , 1992

Additional Information

Pat Ryan’s Interests:

Internet junkie, runner (first half-marathon in March 2008), swimmer, sports fanatic (big Habs fan), avid photographer, like to cook (courses at the George Brown’s Culinary Centre), traveler and entertainment gossip follower.

Pat Ryan’s Groups:

Executive Suite
Web Analytics Demystified
The Personal MBA Community
Pragmatic Marketing Alumni
280 Group: Product Management & Product Marketing
Online Marketing, Web Analytics, and E-commerce Group -- WebAnalysts.Info
Interaction Design Association
Online Marketing Experts
Columbia Business School Executive Education
Wikipedia Users Group
Market Research
eMarketing Association Network
iptv
Technology Marketing Community
Online Advertising Professionals
Sr level Internet Marketers Group, Internet Marketing Professionals Only.
StumbleUpon
Web Analytics Professionals (+5000 web analytics members) Join now!
CXO (CEO, COO, CKO, CFO, CMO, CAO, CVO, CDO, CRO, CLO, CSO & CTO) Community
Etail Careers.com
Mac Users
Search Marketing Salon
Startup Specialists
Advertising Professionals
Toronto Digital Marketing Professionals
Mobile Product Management
Brand 3.0
Social Media Today
Social Media Marketing
Marketing 2.0 Community
Canadian Interactive Experts
Sports Industry Network™
MarketingProfs
SEO Secrets
Mobile start-ups - 7,000+ members and growing!
Let's Get Funded
ProductCamp Toronto
Marketing Operations
Social Media Club
PMI eBusiness SIG
Future Social Media
Online Media Jobs -- Work in Internet Marketing, E-business, Web Analytics, etc.
The GTA Dale Carnegie Training Alumni Group
Monday Morning Mentor
iPhone Developers Toronto