Ryan joined SignalFire in 2024 to help build the next generation of great infrastructure companies. He spends his time working with highly-driven founders at seed and Series A stages with a heavy focus on AI/ML, data infrastructure, and cybersecurity. Ryan splits his time across both New York and San Francisco.
Prior to Signalfire, Ryan spent the last 8 years as an investor at Unusual Ventures and Dell Technologies Capital. Before venture investing, he had worked as a data engineer at Magnetar Capital back during the Hadoop era. Ryan received his BA in Economics and Computer Science from Northwestern University.
Outside of work, you can find Ryan going for long runs along either the West Side Highway or Embarcadero, hiking in Northern California, or testing out various coffee brewing methods.
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