The Team

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Founder and Consultant

Scott D Ryan

Scott has over 30 years of experience in technology startups. He began his career with IBM helping them gain entry into the Petroleum Industry. He then started a company to use graphics to interpret seismic data on workstations. After that company was acquired by Haliburton he helped establish a worldwide technology consulting and software development organization. He then moved on to build startups helping to start and develop over 30 startups.

Senior Consultant

Karen Ryan (Padgett)

Founder of Novus Biologicals which was sold to Bio-Techne in 2014. Accomplished senior executive and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of success within biotech, life sciences, healthcare, wellness, diagnostics, and education. Proven ability to challenge the status quo and develop strategic plans to drive organizational growth. Areas of expertise include startups, product development, branding, market research, and go-to-market strategy.

Technology Associate

Ryan Padgett

Experienced Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Data Analytics professional with a demonstrated history of working in the travel, internet, biotech, and geospatial industries. Skilled in communication, customer relationship management (CRM), various SEO, data visualization, and ETL tools, Spanish, and management. Driven and entrepreneurial-minded professional with a Bachelor’s focused in Business Information Systems from Texas Christian University.