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Name
Ryan Felton
Entrepreneur at heart, kick-ass web app developer by trade
 
Bio
Ryan is a accomplished and and highly motivated leader at BLiNQ Media with a wide range of technical and business skills. He recently received an Executive MBA from the University of Missouri Kansas City with a focus on Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

The core of Ryan’s roles throughout his career have required building of close global working relationships with many of his co-workers, external business customers, senior leadership, and numerous vendors. This has enabled Ryan to gain experience in a range of fields required to successfully lead, build
 
Experience
 
 
Company
BLiNQ Media
 
Role
VP, Technology & Product Deve
 
From
January 2011 - Present
 
Description
BLiNQ Media is the leading Social Engagement Advertising℠ pure-play media and technology company for the Facebook platform. Everything we do is focused on delivering rapid and scalable media and technology solutions that make it easy for brands to deliver break-through results in social networks.
BLiNQ Media fundamentally changes the way brands engage consumers in social media with a strategy-based approach underpinning powerful media management technology, performance-based pricing and unparalleled quantitative analysis.
Company
Calculated Combustion
Role
President & Senior Consultant
From
August 2005 - January 2011
Description
Calculated Combustion is a full-featured Ruby on Rails™ contract development agency specializing in rapid web application development. We utilize Agile development techniques, specifically the Scrum method, and Test Driven Development (TDD) focusing on extensive automated testing in order to produce high quality software utilizing using Ruby on Rails™. We believe in involving the customer as much as possible. You will always know exactly where the project stands and how much work is left to be done.
Location
San Diego, CA
Company
Integrated DNA Technologies
Role
External Systems Integrator
From
March 2000 - September 2005
Description
As an liaison between the IT and Sales teams, I traveled throughout the USA and globally through Europe and the Pacific with our sales team working with our distributors and large biotechnology clients. I'd personally oversaw the integration of these businesses with the Integrated DNA Technologies platform.
Location
San Diego, CA
 
Education
 
 
School
UMKC
 
Degree
Executive MBA
 
From
September 2009 - May 2011
 
Description
Focus: Entrepreneurship and Innovation

In 2011, the UMKC Bloch School’s Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (IEI) was recognized as having one of the top 25 graduate entrepreneurship programs in the country by the Princeton Review.
 
Location
Kansas City, MO
University
University of Iowa
Degree
Bachelors of Science
From
August 1998 - December 2002
Location
Iowa City, IA
 
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