Number of Founded Organizations 1
CB Rank (Person) 420,828

Ryan is a serial software and social entrepreneur with more than 30 years of creation and collaboration in the Boulder startup community. With deep expertise in SaaS, Agile product development, Enterprise Lean Startup and collaboration solutions, Ryan is a skilled technical and business leader who is known for his development of shared vision and

collaborative leadership skills.

Currently, Ryan focus is on private and public solutions for sustainability and climate resilience. He works as a board member and angel investor in these sectors. This focus comes after Ryan’s third startup journey, Rally Software, which he helped lead from formation to IPO and acquisition by CA Technologies as the CTO. Rally Software was the first public company to gain B-Corp status and has been recognized several times as Best Place to work by Outside Magazine and B-Labs.

In CA's Office of CTO, Ryan helped to develop CA's internal incubator based on Lean Startup. He was also key in continuing Rally’s strategic corporate relationship with Code for America, to create and mobilize Citizen Engineers using agile and lean techniques, as founder and managers of Rally for Impact and a member of CA’s CSR model. Ryan is a co-founder of the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado, which he has helped take to a international by helping found Pledge 1%.

Number of Past Jobs 1
Ryan Martens has had 1 past job as the Chief Technology Officer at Rally Software.
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Rally Software
Chief Technology OfficerJan 2002Aug 2015
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 2
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Pledge 1%
DirectorMay 2014Dec 2017
Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (EFCO)
Director2007Apr 2016
Ryan Martens studied at University of Colorado.