Rian Schmidt

Chief Technology Officer at Rain

Portland, Oregon, United States

About Rian Schmidt

Rian Schmidt is Chief Technology Officer at Rain. Location: Portland, Oregon, United States.

I'm a technology executive with deep experience in product development, software implementation, technology strategy, and cross-functional management. I've worked at bootstrapped and VC-funded startups to Amazon in industries including marketing, B2C e-commerce, and media. My technical focus is currently on integration of AI-- RAG, agents, MCP services-- into business processes. I hold a Stanford MBA, an electrical engineering degree, and a CISSP security certification.

Skills

  • Ruby on Rails
  • node.js
  • MongoDB

Additional experience

  • SVP Technology

    Rain

    October 2018 – February 2020

Education

  • MBA, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
  • BEE, University of Minnesota