Ryan Vartoogian is a Blockchain Strategy Consultant with a keen focus on innovation and amplifying understanding of the power of blockchain technologies. Ryan has over 20 years of experience in organizational transformation, digital strategy planning, product management, opportunity shaping, and idea incubation. He founded one of the first digital agencies while still in college and has since implemented over 200 integrated marketing and technology solutions for a global customer base that includes small, medium, and Fortune 500 companies. Ryan has a passion for the integration of offline and online multi-channel Blockchain strategies that achieve the full potential of Blockchain in the physical world. He firmly believes that Blockchain, distributed ledgers, and smart contracts have the ability to solve some of the most complex and pressing challenges society faces by delivering immutable transparency. Ryan is an expert in developing blockchain strategies and visions, highly creative and intuitive, and supports idea generation and connections to foster a strong ecosystem for blockchain innovation. His ability to see far beyond current trends in Blockchain delivers first-to-market advantage. Ryan has highly intuitive conceptualization of the impact of Blockchain technologies on society, and he has assisted in the formulation of visionary strategies and implementation and execution of roadmaps. He is a brand and customer advocate who enhances digital strategies, processes, technologies, and relationships. Ryan has facilitation, influence management, and consensus-building skills. Additionally, he has product development methodologies (SCRUM, LEAN, and Kanban) and is a designer and visual storyteller using Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

Ryan has strong interest in innovative technologies, distributed ledger technology (DLT), AI, machine learning, API’s, mobile and desktop app creation, smart contracts, alt coins, digital wallets, React, decentralization of Applications (DApps), Blockchain Development, Web3, Solidity, Decentralized Finance (Defi), MPC for Private Key Security, Initial Coin Offerings (ICO)(IDO)(ILO), Non-Fungible Token (NFT), Proof Of Work (POW), Proof Of Stake (POS), Stable Coins, Cryptocurrency Hedging, zkEVM, Liquidity Pools, Mempool, Staking.