Met on Slack. Now we share a home, three dogs, and a sales pipeline. Ryan and I
By Maclainescher · October 21, 2026 · Curated by George's Blog
Met on Slack. Now we share a home, three dogs, and a sales pipeline.
Ryan and I met working at a tech company. He joined my SDR team and we were pretty much instantly glued at the virtual hip via Zoom calls.
We both left that company but apparently neither of us knows how to work somewhere without the other. 😂
Fast forward and I’m VP at my dad’s promotional products company, Ryan is our Head of GTM, and my dad has somehow acquired an entire sales department through my dating life.
Some people bring their boyfriend home to meet their dad.
I brought mine home and put him on payroll.
This weekend we went to Washington for his childhood friend’s wedding and briefly remembered we own clothes without a company logo on them.
So here’s Creative Alternatives’ leadership team, two drinks into an offsite with absolutely no agenda besides tearing up the dance floor.
Please respect our commitment to team bonding. 🥂