Ryan is a passionate and inspirational founder, executive, athlete, and humanitarian. His business interests intersect with his passion for creating a more just, verdient, and equitable world. Ryan is focused on transformative change in the industries of transportation and mobility; food and agriculture; health and wellness; urban planning and cities of tomorrow; and social governance. These pillars of western society will undergo radical change in the next 30 years and enable humanity with the opportunity to reinvent itself. As CEO & Founder of Inboard Technology, Ryan was an early pioneer in the lightweight personal mobility market. He is a dynamic, energetic leader with a wealth of experience and senior knowledge in the rapidly changing transportation and Personal Mobility market. His expertise is rooted in the areas of full-stack systems integration, product design & development, cloud communication & vehicle tracking, global manufacturing, strategic partnerships, global sales, distribution, and global operations. He has a strong and proven ability to lead organizations through venture fundraising, complex product development, testing, and quality control processes.Prior to Inboard, Ryan served as President of North America for Pure Action Sports. He led a multinational sales team, distributing product from warehouses and factories around the globe to 36 countries. Ryan’s acumen for international business began with his studies of International Business at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Ryan holds a B.S. degree in Comparative Politics & International Business from Western Illinois. Specialties:• Strategic, analytical thinking with a problem solving attitude• Inspirational leadership // leadership enablement • Scaling global organizations• Building motivated teams at international scale• Recruiting and development of exceptional teams• Establishing strategic partnerships amongst the transportation, automotive, and personal mobility ecosystem (e.g., peripheral industries, factories, vendors)• Operational Functions (e.g., organizational development, hiring, board reporting, revenue forecasting, cash flow management, inventory management)• Project management for complex international projects (e.g., ERP / CRM implementation, system optimization)• Working closely with investors
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