Career Highlights
- Current | Chief Marketing Officer, REDCON1 and Jolt Cola
- Former | Founder, Social Media Sharks
- Former | Founder, Net Ninja
- Traffic & Conversion Summit | Enterprise Marketing Public Speaker
- Breakout Successes | Delivered tactical and strategic services for two startup businesses that scaled to over $250MM in annual revenue, and one that has grown to over $500MM in annual revenue
- Awards | Member of the team awarded the 2019 Internet Retailers Top Growth Company
A thought leader in strategic marketing at the intersection of research, execution, and systems
Ryan Monahan is a consumer brand architect and growth executive known for building scalable, culturally relevant businesses by combining classic marketing fundamentals with modern technology and applied artificial intelligence.
Bridging academic marketing theory with real-world execution at scale.
Ryan emerged on the digital strategy scene in the early 2000s after capturing the attention of Fortune 100 companies including Brunswick Corporation, 20th Century Fox, Konami, and Sega Amusements. Known for pairing forward-looking strategy with disciplined execution, he was quickly trusted to manage complex, technology-driven initiatives spanning multiple countries and markets.
Over the course of his career, Ryan has evolved from digital tactician to full-stack brand operator, leading brand strategy, product innovation, and growth systems across direct-to-consumer, retail, and omnichannel environments. His work focuses on designing repeatable growth engines that align brand, consumer psychology, data, and automation.
Growth is not a campaign. It is a system.
As Chief Marketing Officer of REDCON1, one of the fastest-growing sports nutrition and lifestyle brands in the industry, Ryan oversees brand vision, product strategy, retail expansion, and AI-enabled growth infrastructure. His scope spans new product launches, influencer and community ecosystems, lifecycle marketing, and performance frameworks across paid, owned, and earned channels.
A defining chapter of his tenure has been the ground-up relaunch of Jolt Cola, the iconic 1980s energy brand. Ryan led the strategic re-positioning of Jolt for a modern consumer, transforming it from a legacy name into a performance-oriented energy drink that balances nostalgia, credibility, and contemporary category competition. The relaunch required full brand reconstruction, positioning, go-to-market strategy, and retail readiness from zero.
Reviving an iconic brand is harder than launching a new one.
Beyond brand leadership, Ryan is deeply focused on applied AI and automation. He designs AI-driven systems that support decision-making across acquisition, retention, creative development, and operational workflows. His approach emphasizes practical deployment over hype, using AI as leverage to improve speed, clarity, and scale without eroding brand integrity.
Ryan has advised and executed for brands generating hundreds of millions in annual revenue, contributes to industry education, and speaks on the future of marketing systems, consumer behavior, and AI-enabled growth.
Ryan Monahan, Quick Facts
- Born | January 19, 1986 (age 40 years), Chicago, IL
- Current City | Boca Raton, FL
- Spouse | Yarina Monahan (m. 2014)
- Occupation | Chief Marketing Officer of REDCON1