Ryan is the current Gauges Green partner in Growth Product and AI Operations. The partner page should show the bar for the practice with the same honesty the rest of the site uses.
Gauges Green will stay small. A partner has to be someone Ryan would trust with a client, and someone a strong company would trust to own the function when the stakes are high.
A Gauges Green partner has already owned the function at a real company. They have carried the number, made the hard calls, hired the team, fixed the operating rhythm, and lived with the result. The practice area may be Product, Finance, People, Engineering, Sales, GTM, Operations, Analytics, Design, or another function where a senior executive can change the outcome quickly.
The harness gives each partner current context tied to sources, quality control, scorecards, and document production. It does not replace taste or ownership.
Built ZipRecruiter's product org from Series A through NYSE. $100M to $900M in revenue, 46% YoY organic growth. Led JobGet as President to profitability, $100M+ revenue, and three acquisitions. Led Swing Education's AI work, cutting OpEx and COGS by 50%+ YoY.
Clarify the strategy, align the board and the team around a clear narrative, and deliver against it in the same quarter.
First product hire. Built the product organization from zero over eight years, from Series A through NYSE IPO.
92-person product org. AI matching that delivered quality candidates to 80% of employers within 24 hours. Marketplace grew to 110M job seekers and 2.8M employers. 46% YoY organic growth, 12 points ahead of the nearest competitor.
Brought in to instill cost discipline and lead the next stage of growth.
Cut burn to sustainable levels, grew revenue past $100M, and built the operational rigor that enabled three acquisitions: Snagajob, Seasoned, and one more.
Hired to lead AI work across engineering and operations.
Cut OpEx and COGS by 50%+ YoY while maintaining product velocity. That work became the template for what Gauges Green installs with clients.
Skincare brand with strong retail but no ecommerce. Built DTC from scratch without cannibalizing existing channels.
Ecommerce became the #1 revenue channel. 25% CAGR, positive ROAS every quarter, 25-person team. Laid the foundation for Unilever's acquisition.
The next partners will own functions, not generic advisory work. Product, Finance, People, Engineering, Sales, GTM, Operations, Analytics, Data, and Design are all plausible. None is automatic.
The practice is intentionally small. Getting accepted should mean that other partners would trust you with a client.
Clients should start with the current live practice areas. Operators should start with the standard.