Ryan Knapp
Head of Business Development, North America @Distribusion Technologies
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Head of Business Development, North America @Distribusion Technologies
Distribusion Technologies sets the technological standard for ground transportation worldwide. Since developing the first global B2B booking API, Distribusion has positioned themselves as the industry leader, currently connecting/partnering with more than ground transportation providers and/to more than 150 global online travel brands. Distribusion allows both carriers and retailers to access the market at scale, taking care of the online process from search to settlement.
EDUCATION
University at Buffalo
Bachelor of Arts, Linguistics and Spanish
SKILLS
ABOUT RYAN KNAPP
Hi. I\'m Ryan and I spend my days scaling the multi-billion dollar ground transportation industry with Distribusion. So, you are a bus/rail/ferry/transit provider who wants to expand their sales channels but doesn\'t know where to start? Or, are you a retailer/app/interesting company who wants to bring the world of ground transportation to your customers and expand your offerings?Well.you are in luck - because at Distribusion, we connect hundreds of ground transportation companies (like Amtrak, Megabus, Ourbus, Brightline, TDS) to online travel retailers (like Google, Expedia, Booking.com, Busbud, Wanderu, Omio, CheckMyBus and 150+ more).Get in touch: R••••••••@distribusion.com-Prior to Distribusion I got my start in travel and worked as Head of Sales and Partnerships for CheckMyBus, the world\'s leading metasearch engine for bus and coach travel. I have what you\'d politely call an \"interesting\" professional background (thanks, ADHD): Schooled as a Sociolinguist (Catalan Language Planning and Policy), taught Child Language Acquisition and competed two years of a PhD program in Sociolinguistics Founder/Co-Owner of FC Buffalo, a lower league soccer team in the United States now entering it\'s 14th year in existence Served as the first Public Relations director for the National Premier Soccer League, and was the youngest member of the league\'s Executive Committee Coached hundreds of ultra runners (and ran plenty of my own!) with my ultra-running coaching company, Miles to Go Endurance. Fit roughly people for running shoes at Marathon Sports, one of the most famous running stores in the world situated at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.Outside of the work world. I’m a huge Buffalo Bills fan and proud member of Bills Mafia. Go Bills. I love DIY and building things. Currently I\'m renovating our family cabin on 95 acres of land in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan I run. I\'ve run many, many ultramarathons (50k to 100 mile distance, including Dirty 30 50k, Leadville 50 miler, Marquette 50, Cruel Jewel 100, Run Rabbit Run 100 and more!)🧳 I\'m a proud husband, married to my rock star wife, Jessica, and our three kids, West, Jack, and June. We travel as a family.a lot. I proudly serve as the head bike mechanic for the Knapp Cycling Team (the correct number of bikes to own is N+1), I speak English, Spanish, und ein bisschen Deutsch.
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