Ryan Friedman

Experience

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  NI (National Instruments)

  Jan 2006 - now

  ● Monetized InstrumentStudio by expanding its value proposition to address more hardware engineers’ needs and aligning strategy with NI’s strengths to generate new revenue and simplify the product portfolio● Launched the InstrumentStudio Professional edition in a live announcement on the NIConnect keynote stage as well as creating training, sales enablement content, technical sessions and webinars● Defined user requirements for 5 teams and 4 business units, fostering Agile development processes that delivered better designs, faster releases, and higher employee engagement● Launched NI’s first desktop gRPC ecosystem to solve cross-language, cross-process and cross-computer workflow challenges resulting in business expansion in key NI accounts● Strengthened user-centric development through telemetry reviews, in-product Gainsight engagements, and direct discussions with key clients, yielding alignment with user needs and 33% faster feature completion Show less ● Replaced proprietary SystemLink dashboards with Grafana, enhancing data insight capabilities, freeing engineering resources, and securing a multi-million-dollar sale● Led the creation of SystemLink’s Parametric Data Viewer in one quarter using deep understanding of user needs, delivering SystemLink’s most-used and stable test data insight tool● Released a SystemLink platform update to use PostgreSQL instead of MongoDB, enabling 50% faster queries and on-demand time parametric analysis on terabytes of data● Managed SystemLink backlogs and defined milestones for teams, ensuring clear requirements and reliable execution over years of quarterly releases Show less

  • Principal Product Manager

    Jan 2022 - now

  • Principal Product Manager

    Jul 2019 - Jan 2022

  • Principal Software Architect

    Jan 2017 - Jun 2019

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Sept 2013 - Jan 2017

  • Staff Software Engineer

    Jan 2009 - Sept 2013

  • Software Engineer

    Jan 2006 - Jan 2009