Summary
Christian Ricci is a commerce-focused technology leader and CTO with 25 years of experience building and scaling complex retail platforms—from Kindle's catalog at Amazon to Dell's $18B commerce stack and Rangespan's order-management SaaS acquired by Google. He specializes in catalog, marketplace, pricing, promotions, fulfillment, and supply-chain systems, and has repeatedly led global, multi-continent engineering organizations through turnarounds and product pivots. A practical inventor with patents in fulfillment and cross-device behavioral tracking, he combines hands-on ML-in-commerce experience since 2012 with credentials from Stanford, LBS and AWS. Notable operational wins include cutting attrition from 25% to 0% and reducing cloud spend ~40% YoY while modernizing teams and roadmaps. Now leading Indigenous/RVLVR and advising Affinitiv, he thrives on the engineering challenges of globally distributed commerce businesses.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering (BSEE), Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering (BSEE) at University of Washington
Master of Science Computer Science (MSCS), Master of Science Computer Science (MSCS) at University of Colorado Denver
MBA Entrepreneurship and Global Studies, MBA Entrepreneurship and Global Studies at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Study Engineering Management, Graduate Study Engineering Management at University of Colorado Boulder