Primary Job Title Founder and CEO Primary Organization 
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Location Indianapolis, Indiana, United States Regions Great Lakes, Midwestern US Gender Male
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Todd Ryden is an experienced entrepreneur and manager, having founded and sold several enterprises. After practicing law, Todd Ryden co-founded StarCom Broadband, a cable and high-speed data provider. StarCom was sold in 2001 to Comcast®. Todd Ryden co-founded Cole Marketing, a bottled water brand-marketing group, acquired in 2006 by a New York
based venture capital group. Todd Ryden co-founded Caldera Development, a real estate development company that has participated in the development of over 430,000sf of retail and office space. Todd Ryden was a co-founder of ViaStar Energy, Inc. which provided utility management services nationwide. ViaStar’s Automated Meter Reading technology was acquired by Motorola® in 2007 and its utility services division was acquired in 2008 by NWP Services Corp. ®. Todd Ryden is the Managing Director of The Applied Group, a private equity firm. Prior to entering the business world, Todd Ryden's legal career included litigating at the Indiana Supreme Court, and representing the State of Indiana in the tobacco litigation. Todd Ryden obtained his Juris Doctorate from Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis, has a certificate in International Contract Law from Tulane University, Paris, France, and obtained his B.A. from Purdue University. He has been a member of the American and Indiana Bar Associations, serves as President of the Board of Directors of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Central Indiana, is a Board Member of Christel House’s Drop Out Recovery School and has been a guest lecturer at Purdue University, Ball State University and the University of Indianapolis.
