Ryan is the Founder and CEO at Marmoset: a global music-tech company based in Portland, Oregon, where he leads vision, strategy and workplace culture.A fiery advocate of creators, Ryan gave a TED Talk about "leading creatives amidst a modern landscape" and has given talks on music licensing, workplace culture, DEI, and leadership at places like SXSW, CMJ Music Festival, TechFestNW, MusicFestNW, NextCon, LBCon, The Hawaii Songwriting Festival, The Entrepreneurs Organization, The University of Montana, Lewis & Clark College, UC Riverside, Southern Oregon University, and more. Ryan occasionally contributes to Forbes.com.Ryan first realized his passion for music as a College Radio DJ while at Southern Oregon University. Since then, he's worked in a variety of roles in the creative industry, while advising brands, bands, award-winning filmmakers, record labels and artists, like The Dandy Warhols, A member of The Guild of Music Supervisors, Ryan served on the Board of Governors for The Recording Academy (The Grammys), is active in the Portland, Oregon Chapter of EO (Entrepreneurs Organization) and has completed programs at MIT, The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard School of Business.Marmoset is a Certified B Corp and under Ryan's leadership, Marmoset won a Webby Award, a SXSW Interactive Award, ranked #317 on the INC 500 List, ranked #6 in "The Fastest Growing Private Companies in Oregon," ranked in "The 100 Best Places to Work in Oregon," "The 100 Greenest Companies in Oregon.” Ryan was honored with the "40 Under 40 Award" by The Portland Business Journal and was a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2018.Ryan humbly serves on the Foundation Board of Trustees at Southern Oregon University, serves as the Learning Co-Chair AND the Diversity & Equity Co-Chair on the Board of Directors for the Entrepreneurs' Organization Portland, Oregon Chapter. Ryan also serves on the Global Executive Education Committee for the Entrepreneurs' Organization, based in Washington, D.C. Ryan also maintains a journal at NurtureTheory.com, where he shares some of his more fascinating and impactful experiences, specifically focusing on a new way of leading and achieving high performance among teams of people.