About Digital Reference

Digital Reference is a portfolio platform and professional reputation management tool that helps professionals document career accomplishments and manage their professional reputation through verified video references. The platform was created to move beyond traditional resumes and references by leveraging structured data, video technology, and verification processes to introduce authenticity and transparency into the professional talent ecosystem. Founded by Ryan Stevens, Digital Reference enables professionals to take credit for career wins throughout their career journey with a video resume including verified video professional references from colleagues and clients involved in their work. The platform focuses on bringing transparency and authenticity into the professional talent ecosystem, helping professionals be found by companies looking for the experiences and qualities that make them unique. Digital Reference serves B2B professionals, consultants, fractional executives, freelancers, solopreneurs, job seekers, and employers. The platform provides tools for professionals to present themselves and their accomplishments in a more holistic but data-driven fashion, making decision-making that was once opaque more transparent and leading to more efficient outcomes. Video references are collected once and owned by the professional forever, providing 360-degree views of past work and enabling radical transparency through verified feedback from colleagues and clients.

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