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Ryan Kowalski

Former VP Product · Ironclad Analytics

Denver, CO, US

Data and platform product VP who makes monetization and packaging decisions that hold up under a CFO's scrutiny.

20+ years experienceEnglish

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20yrs

Operating leadership

Senior roles

Areas of expertise

5.0★

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What Ryan is known for

Ryan Kowalski has spent 20 years in product, specializing in data platforms and the unglamorous discipline of pricing and packaging. As VP Product at Ironclad Analytics he repackaged a sprawling product into three clean tiers, lifting average contract value by 34% without raising churn. Before that, at Granite Data, he led the platform team that shipped the company's first usage-based billing model. Ryan thinks in unit economics and is the person founders call when a pricing change scares them. He advises B2B SaaS and data companies on monetization, packaging, and platform roadmaps.

Expertise & sectors

Core expertise

Monetization Pricing Packaging Platform strategy Roadmapping

Sectors

Data infrastructure B2B SaaS

Experience

VP Product · Ironclad Analytics

2017 — 2024

Director of Product · Granite Data

2010 — 2017

Ways to work together

15-min intro

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Pricing & Packaging Sprint

$11,000

A three-week engagement to redesign your tiers and pricing model, grounded in willingness-to-pay research and a financial model your CFO will sign off on.

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Monetization Strategy Call

$500 · 60 min

A 60-minute session to stress-test a specific pricing or packaging decision before you ship it to customers.

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What people say about Ryan

“Ryan gave us the confidence to raise prices and restructure tiers. ACV jumped a third and churn didn't budge.”

SASophie Adler · CEO, Granite Data

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