Ryan Blake
Bio
Ryan Blake has spent his entire professional career working in Higher Education. After completing a Masters Degree in Sport Administration, and realizing that isn't what he wants to do, he joined the Admissions team at the University of St. Thomas, MN. After 8 amazing years of being an Admissions Counselor, Associate Director of First-Year Admissions, MACAC Board Member and Committee Chair, he jumped into the world of Salesforce. Originally starting as the Admissions Product Owner because he asked too many questions, it provided an opportunity to lead the institutions CRM team. After supporting one Nonprofit's Salesforce (in his own time), 4 years leading a campus wide effort and 7 Certifications, Ryan joined Cloud for Good as a Solutions Engineer in their Higher Education practice. He also continues to engage in the Salesforce.org Open Source Commons Program supporting the Summit Events App.
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- Writing the Video Game Narrative
- MN Indie Gamedev Microtalks 2026
- We Won a Global Hackathon. Then We Built a Real Company. Here's What Changed.
- Don't Let AI Eat You Alive: What Every Employee, Leader, and Organization Must Do Before It’s Too Late
- Your AI Is Not Special: Red Teaming Before You Become a Statistic
- You’re Not Leading. You’re Reacting.
- No One Has the Full Picture (Especially in Complex Systems)
- Building a Knowledge Graph Your AI Can Actually Use
- Make your first video game with "just enough" AI
- Shadow AI! Innovation Without Oversight
- AI in Schools: What Students Are Actually Doing (and What Comes Next)
- How AI Shapes Human Judgment: Confidence, Trust, and Over‑Reliance Across Three Original Studies (As a High Schooler)
- Session 0: 20 Years of Minnestar (Trivia Edition)