Ryan is the CEO of Hive, a global community of leaders and entrepreneurs making a positive impact in the world. He was previously the CEO and co-founder of iContact and led the marketing software company from startup to 300 employees, 70,000 customers, and $50M in annual sales and a sale for $169 million to Vocus (NASDAQ: VOCS).

Ryan is a three-time INC 500 CEO, an Emeritus Member of the UN Foundation Global Entrepreneur Council, and served as National Co-Chairperson of Technology for Obama.

He is a member of the Hive, Summit Series, EO, Endeavor, and Mindvalley communities. He is the author of the entrepreneurship book, Zero to One Million.

He studied economics at UNC-Chapel Hill and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was Co-President of the HBS Social Enterprise Club.

As both a Harvard MBA and and an experienced SaaS entrepreneur with a 9-figure exit, he brings depth and real-life experience to this extensive entrepreneurship course.