Ryan Malone

Ryan Malone

Ryan Malone

Founder, SmartBug Media

Ryan Malone is the white paper expert and columnist for TechWeb’s CreateYourNextCustomer.com website. His white papers have appeared in publications including CIO, Vital Magazine, SC Magazine, Computer Technology Review, Contact Center World and others. His unique approach to using white papers in public relations was documented on White Paper Source as a testimonial to the power of educational white papers.

Ryan is a 15-year marketing and business development professional with experience in both large public companies and early-stage startups. As vice president of marketing and business development at Apani, Malone was responsible for the marketing strategy that enabled partnerships with Dell, VMware and HP as well as customers such as Cigna, Citigroup and the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Prior to Apani, Ryan led the marketing efforts at Zetera, obtaining over 220 media placements with publications including Business Week, Forbes, the New York Times and ABC News. His work with industry analysts garnered several industry awards and led to Zetera being called “the most important invention since this disk drive.” Prior to Zetera, Ryan led product marketing and product management for a division of Seagate (NYSE: STX), building a $240M product portfolio and helping sell the division to Quantum for 3x investor return. Prior to Seagate, Ryan was a senior consultant at Deloitte & Touche.

In addition to his business writing, Ryan operates Inside Elder Care, a blog dedicated to helping families navigate elder care issues, and is the author of the By Families, For Families Guide to Assisted Living.

Ryan has a M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Maryland, College Park. He lives in Southern California with his wife and daughter.

More information about Ryan can be found at: www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmalone.

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