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Author - Smartups and Entrepreneur America
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Hamilton, Montana, United States
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Rob Ryan previously worked as Co-Founder & Chairman at Sunflower Academy and Mentor & Chairman at Acculynx.Com. Rob Ryan holds Bachelor’S Degree, Mathematics, Physics & Philosophy from Cornell University.
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As an early internet pioneer, Rob Ryan served as principal architect in developing the V.32 Modem. He also developed the ethernet blue book standards for the first ethernet chips used in server farms as well as establishing the first decentralized network while working at DECNET.Ryan is the founder, past chairman and CEO of Ascend Communications. Ryan earned national attention when he grew his 1989 start-up company, Ascend Communications, to more than $2 billion in sales. Lucent Technologies acquired Ascend in 1999 for approximately $22 billion in what was termed at the time the "largest technology merger ever."Effectively, Ascend helped create the modern Internet by building all of the infrastructure equipment that powered the Internet worldwide. At the end of 1995, Rob won the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for Northern California (including Silicon Valley). Rob also was selected as the Cornell University Entrepreneur of the Year for 2002. Following Ascend’s success, Rob has helped build several start-up and early-stage ventures into multi-billion dollar companies, including Right Now Technologies and Silicon Spice, among others. His entrepreneurial successes have transformed businesses using his Sunflower Model®.Ryan received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1969 from Cornell University and began his career as a systems analyst with Burroughs, then worked at Lawrence Livermore Lab on the first non-military extension of Arpanet, the precursor to the Internet. In the late 1970s he was the principal architect of DECnet and the Intel portion of the Ethernet specification while working at Digital Equipment Corp. in the Boston area. He founded Softcom, Inc. in the early 1980s, sold it in two years to Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. and worked there as Director of Research and Development until the late 1980s.In 2020 Rob co-founded SunVia, a metaverse infrastructure management company helping to usher in the new age of the internet. Rob also is the co-founder of Sunflower Academy, a non-traditional mentorship platform that utilizes the Sunflower Model® to help startup companies and entrepreneurs realize their full potential.
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Co-Founder & Chairman
Current
2021 - Present
~5 yrs 4 mos
Mentor & Chairman
Current
Jan 2009 - Present
Author - Smartups & Entrepreneur America
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Entrepreneur America
The book, Smartups focuses on methods I developed over the years for building a sustainable business that makes money. I emphasize the importance of testing ideas on customers and making sure that a product offers something new and important. Recognizing a team's key competencies is crucial. I also find it necessary to take certain steps at the correct.
Jan 1996 - Present
Founder, Chairman & Ceo
Entrepreneur America Mentors, Llc
Founder of Entrepreneur America Mentors (EAM). EAM has established an entrepreneurial mentors' campus on my Montana Ranch where I began mentoring entrepreneurs in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The outgrowth of my mentoring in the in the Sunflower Model has been transformational to many businesses throughout the US, where I was instrumental in building.
Sep 1995 - 2020
Board Member & Mentor
Advised and mentored CEO Greg Gianforte in the Sunflower Model during the early years of RightNow and set the company on a path towards strategic and financial success. RightNow Tech was acquired by Oracle for $1.5Billion in 2012.
2002 - 2012
~10 yrs
Board Member & Mentor
Silicon Spice
Mentored founders in the Sunflower Model to create a strategic vision for the company and set on a path towards success. Silicon Spice was acquired by Broadcom for $1.2Billion in 2002.
1998 - 2002
~4 yrs
Founder, Chairman & Ceo
Record holder for largest networking merger of $24Billion to Lucent Technologies. Served as the co-founder and CEO of Ascend Communications. I brought the company to $16Million in revenue before pivoting from video conferencing hardware to dial up networking, by which decision I increased revenue to surpass $500Million. Under my leadership Ascend became.
Jan 1989 - Sep 1995
Principal Engineer
During my time with Intel I implemented Ethernet blue book specifications and standards for the first Ethernet chip. Recipient of the Ted Hoff Award, the highest honor given to Intel engineers
1975 - 1982
~7 yrs
Architect Designer
I served as the Chief Architect Designer for DECnet, the first decentralized network. During my time with Digital Equipment Corp I also designed routing packets.
1973 - 1975
~2 yrs
2 education records
Rob Ryan education
Bachelor’S Degree, Mathematics, Physics & Philosophy
Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Mathematics Logic, Model Theory, Set Theory
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Rob Ryan works for Entrepreneur America.
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Rob Ryan is listed as Author - Smartups and Entrepreneur America at Entrepreneur America.
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Rob Ryan is based in Hamilton, Montana, United States while working with Entrepreneur America.
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Rob Ryan has worked for Entrepreneur America, Sunflower Academy, Acculynx.Com, Entrepreneur America Mentors, Llc, and Rightnow.
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Rob Ryan holds Bachelor’S Degree, Mathematics, Physics & Philosophy from Cornell University.
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