Ryan Salva is a seasoned product and engineering leader with over a decade of experience building developer tools and cloud services across startups and large enterprises. Currently Senior Director of Product Management at Google, he previously led product strategy for GitHub, Azure DevOps and internal Microsoft engineering systems, shaping tools like Codespaces, Copilot and code search. He combines hands-on software development and founder instincts with a track record of unifying fragmented products into cohesive platforms that scale for both open source and enterprise customers. Known for translating developer workflows into product roadmaps, he also brings uncommon cross-disciplinary roots in critical theory and aesthetics from Vanderbilt that inform his design and communication approach. Outside work he coaches CrossFit, reflecting a sustained emphasis on disciplined coaching and team health. Based in Seattle, he continues to hire and build teams that make developer experiences more productive and delightful.
10 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) 20th Century Critical Theory & Philosophy of Aesthetics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) 20th Century Critical Theory & Philosophy of Aesthetics at Vanderbilt University
This simple app shows how a Python developer can get started using GitHub Codespaces and Copilot. The developer will: (1) extract text from an image using OCR, (2) translate from Italian to English, (3) display the image and text side-by-side in a new image.
Contributions:26 commits, 13 pushes in 4 days
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Ryan Salva - Senior Director Of Product Management at Google