Ryan loves turning bold ideas into reality. As Managing Director, Studios, at Alloy Partners, Ryan co-creates “advantaged” startups and venture studios with the world’s leading organizations and entrepreneurs. 

Ryan’s superpower is complexity-busting – guiding leaders to make sense of business and industry complexities in order to confidently execute. A designer by nature, Ryan is passionate about making the world a better place through thoughtfully designed business models, products, and experiences. Ryan’s portfolio of work has intertwined strategy, product design, and innovation at global, publicly traded companies such as Honda, Cummins, and Allegion; venture capital firms; and startups. As one of the first employees of High Alpha, a pioneer of the venture studio model, Ryan co-designed the playbook that the firm has used to launch 50 companies over the past eight years.

In addition to serving on several startup boards, Ryan is actively involved in a number of philanthropic and nonprofit endeavors, with his contributions acknowledged as an Indianapolis Business Journal’s “Forty under 40” honoree. He co-founded Collective Works, which partners with entrepreneurs and nonprofits to launch sustainable for-profit/for-good businesses to scalably address social problems. He serves as an Advisory Board member of Sinapis, a faith-based accelerator for entrepreneurs in emerging countries.

Originally from Connecticut, Ryan is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology with master’s and bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering and industrial design. Ryan lives in Indianapolis with his wife and two children.