Founded in 2004, we're a privately-held company based in Chicago. We're in the business of building cutting-edge software with the unique needs of hospitality salespeople in mind. Our products are currently in use by thousands of top sales professionals within some of the industry's most well-known and well-respected companies.

Leadership team

Ryan Hamilton

Co-founder and Managing Partner

Ryan has a 14-year hospitality sales & marketing background. Prior to co-founding Bluebuzzard, he spent 6 years with HelmsBriscoe – one of hospitality's most recognizable conference resource firms. With HB, he helped manage a portfolio of over $6 million in annual group meetings revenue. His experience also includes hotel sales director and managing partner of a hospitality executive search firm. Within Bluebuzzard, he oversees new business development along with product advancement and support for a user group of over 3000 hospitality sales and catering professionals.

Brian Eng

Co-founder and Managing Partner

Brian is responsible for overseeing product development efforts within Bluebuzzard. A seasoned technology entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience, he has worked as a developer, designer, and consultant for some of the world's largest and most progressive companies. Brian was an early adopter of the Ruby on Rails web development framework, is the co-author of Rails for .NET Developers, and continues to be active in the Ruby community.