San Jose, CA | Santa Clara, CA | San Francisco, CA
Also known as: rspoon2799m
Ryan Spoon was named Senior Vice President, Product Development in July . In this role, he is responsible for digital product development across all screens, including ESPN.com, ESPN Mobile, WatchESPN, ESPN, Fantasy, and Social Media. Prior to ESPN, Spoon was a venture capitalist at Polaris Venture Partners and specialized in early-stage consumer internet, social media and e-commerce investments. At Polaris, Spoon was a director or observer at companies like WordPress, ShoeDazzle, LOLapps, ReadyForZero, Wantful, Formspring, Offline Labs, and Movity (acquired by Trulia). Additionally, Spoon was responsible for leading Dogpatch Labs, an early-stage incubator that was home to companies like Instagram, TaskRabbit, TurnTable.fm, LOLapps, Recurly and Shareaholic. Previously, Spoon served as Vice President, Marketing and Business Development for Widgetbox (now Flite) a platform for brands and publishers to create dynamic, shareable ad units. Prior to that, Spoon spent - at eBay Inc focused on internet marketing, user acquisition and social products most recently, he launched and managed eBays US Classifieds business. As a collegiate swimmer for Duke University, Spoon founded beRecruited, an online recruiting platform for high school student-athletes and colleges coaches and universities. beRecruited was acquired in by RVS Ventures.
