Ryan Leacock

About Ryan Leacock

Senior product executive with 15+ years driving large-scale transformation in financialservices and fintech. I get brought in to diagnose and rebuild underperforming productorganizations — from standing up discovery practices and analytics to redesigning team structures and coaching cultures for 120+ person divisions.What I do:→ Build product organizations, not just products→ Lead 0→1 product builds across digital assets, tax technology, wealth management, andEdTech→ Architect data platforms that drive retention and growth→ Stabilize revenue at risk Open to connecting with founders and product leaders

Experience

1. VP Product Transformation

   ION

   Sep 2024 — Present

   Leading product transformation for a financial software portfolio across a 120+person product & engineering organization. Recruited from ION\'s consulting arm, Lab49.• Transformed the operating model from output-driven to outcome-driven — introducing continuous discovery, analytics, and empowered product teams that own their outcomes across 20+ domain-driven teams• Personally coached 48 professionals into product leadership roles through 1:1 coaching, skill-based career frameworks, and a culture of trust and accountability• Architected enterprise data platform (Databricks, LLM, CDP) driving client retention andat-risk revenue identification• Designed cross-portfolio migration strategy for end-of-life products• Stabilizing at-risk revenue through data-driven engagement and cross-functional alignment

Education

• University of South Florida

  B.S. Engineering, Computer Science

Skills

• Requirements Gathering
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Analysis
• Software Project Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Project Management
• Integration
• Software Development
• Databases
• Business Analysis
• Testing
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Sql
• Visio
• Data Center
• Quality Assurance