Ryan Friedman

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Ryan Friedman

Ryan Friedman

Product Engineer

20 years building developer platforms, test automation systems, and enterprise software.

Career Timeline

25
Aug 2025 – Present

Principal Software Engineer — Measurement Data Services

NI (Emerson Test & Measurement)

Deliberate return to hands-on technical work to deepen architecture skills and maintain technical credibility

  • -Defining and implementing automated data collection patterns
  • -Hands-on coding 60-80% of time
22
Jan 2022 – Aug 2025

Principal Product Manager — InstrumentStudio

NI (Emerson Test & Measurement)

Led product strategy for NI's desktop instrument workflow platform

  • -Spearheaded NI's first desktop gRPC ecosystem
  • -Launched InstrumentStudio Professional
19
Jul 2019 – Jan 2022

Principal Product Manager — SystemLink

NI (Emerson Test & Measurement)

Led product strategy for enterprise test data management platform

  • -Replaced legacy dashboards with Grafana, contributing to multi-million-dollar account win
  • -Migrated to PostgreSQL, reducing query times by 50%
12
Jul 2012 – Jun 2019

Senior Software Architect

NI (Emerson Test & Measurement)

Built test frameworks and production validation infrastructure

  • -Created test frameworks reducing development time by 40%
  • -Developed production test framework validating billions in hardware
06
Jan 2006 – Jul 2012

Staff Software Engineer

NI (Emerson Test & Measurement)

Image acquisition development and driver project management

  • -Developed image acquisition kernel and drivers
  • -Shipped 8 driver releases over 4 years as project manager

Featured Project: Galligraphy

The most sophisticated Circular Gallifreyan generator. 10+ years of algorithmic refinement.

Galligraphy

The most sophisticated implementation of Sherman's Circular Gallifreyan writing system. Over a decade of algorithmic refinement since 2011.

  • -Translates English text to Circular Gallifreyan visuals
  • -Free design generator with $2.99 SVG exports
  • -Print-on-demand products (mugs, posters, shirts)
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What Colleagues Say

"I would hire Ryan in a second to fix any wayward project, but especially to make a product line thrive."
Daniel Domene
Distinguished Software Architect
Senior colleague
"While others might get stuck in challenges, he quickly assesses what's within his control and takes decisive action."
Mike Trimborn
Product Leader
Direct manager for 3 years

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