Ronald D. Ryan is a co-founder and directs Marketing and Operations for Real Time Capital, Inc. and QLACguru.com.

In 2009, Mr. Ryan founded Ron Ryan and Associates, a management consulting firm based in Knoxville, TN. Mr. Ryan’s practice has specialized in operations and profitability improvement. His consulting work has included strategy, process improvement, marketing segmentation, and website optimization for companies like insurance.com.

Before founding his consulting business, Mr. Ryan held VP of Operations and SVP Product Management roles at one of the largest insurance agencies in the US. Later acquired by Allstate was the comparison-shopping website, affinity marketer, which became a sister company to the online auto insurer Esurance. 

Mr. Ryan has co-founded several entrepreneurial organizations during his career, in addition to QLACguru.com.  These include the MoneySuite Company, a product, and technology innovator in the financial services industry.  Mr. Ryan began his career as a management consultant for The MAC Group. Based first in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and later in Rome, Italy, and London, England, Mr. Ryan consulted with government entities, technology companies, central clearing banks, insurance companies, and international brokerage firms throughout the United States, America, and Europe. Client engagements included strategic planning, strategic market entry, acquisition, divestiture, headcount reduction, and new product development work primarily for financial services and technology companies. 

Mr. Ryan received a Bachelor’s degree in History and Literature cum laude from Harvard College with an honors (magna cum laude) thesis in History and Literature. Mr. Ryan holds an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Ryan is also named inventor for several issued US patents relating to financial services systems. Mr. Ryan is a licensed insurance producer in the State of Tennessee.