Ryan Panzer is a sales enablement and learning leader with more than 15 years of experience helping organizations build high-trust teams, develop coach-like managers, and turn learning into sustainable business results. He brings a unique combination of media sales experience, learning strategy, and organizational development to his role at Accelerate Performance.

Before Accelerate Performance, Ryan held global learning and enablement leadership roles at Google, Zendesk, and Uber. Most recently, he founded sales learning and development for Uber Advertising, where he initiated programs to support a rapidly growing, multi-billion-dollar advertising business.

Ryan holds a B.A. in Psychology and History from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and an M.A. from Luther Seminary. He is also an author and speaker whose work explores the intersection of technology, leadership, learning, and human connection. He is a regular contributor to the Sales Enablement Collective and the Association for Talent Development. 

Ryan lives in the Madison, Wisconsin area with his wife and three children.

Why do you like working with our clients?

I love working with people who want to grow their business through authentic human connection. There's something energizing about coaching talented people to step back from day-to-day work, challenge assumptions, and discover a new way to approach an intractable problem.

I've spent much of my career inside large, fast-moving technology companies, so I know how easy it is for training to become just another meeting on the calendar. That's why I love what we do at Accelerate Performance. The training is full of humor and stories. The learnings are solidified through coaching. And by applying a systems thinking lens, we build experiences that people actually remember and use. 

What are some fun facts about you?

• At 6'6", I'm accustomed to being the tallest person in the training room. Unfortunately, being tall has done very little for my basketball career.
• I'm a dad of three young kids, an enthusiastic cyclist, and an aspiring Big Green Egg pitmaster.
• I met my wife at tryouts for the University of Wisconsin Marching Band. We played in the trombone section from 2007-2011.

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