CEO Babs Ryan

As chief innovation officer of GE Capital’s largest division (now Synchrony Financial,  $100 billion receivables), one of her many patents generated $800 million in incremental revenue, $175 million net income, attracting 2.3 million new customers. Another patent generated a 900% increase in revenue.

She has been onsite in 96 countries, and is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States.

Her passion:  creating products and services that people will pay ridiculous amounts of money for. And happier people.

Babs’ board, C-suite, and executive positions have spanned global fintechs, AI, services, powersports, toys, beauty products, satellites, defense, medical devices, food and beverage, digital twins, deep tech, subscriptions, aerospace, ecommerce, sports, pet-tech, luxury, gaming, pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, mobile money, experiential, and many more.

Five times she’s led P&L and teams in the year prior to or after acquisition, as a board director, C-suite exec and senior leader in companies (from Fortune 10 to private equity backed), agencies, and consultancies.

Patent Filings

· Method for providing consumer credit  US 09/677,235

· Method for delivering fixed cost repair contracts for aircraft

· Method and system for providing benefits to retail consumers  US 2005/0055,27

· Method of Providing Remote Therapy or Coaching Via a Remote Communication Device Combined with Insurance that Pays Benefits to the Patient, Patient's Parent or Guardian for Accident, Injury or Illness US 62438980

· Book and method of advertising within the book   US 2005/0140,133

· Method for collecting and distributing consumer advice to select consumers  US 2002/0091,56

· Method of payment for unsecured loan

· Method and apparatus for hiding/revealing retail pricing information   US 09/677,235

· Method and system for reducing unsolicited communications via multiple channels of communication   US 2002/0198,942

Board Roles & Responsibilities

· Board Director (NED) and Audit  (Supervisory) Committee, Workers Federal Credit Union, US$2.6 billion assets. CEO succession 2023, 2 M&A negotiations, core tech conversion 2022

· Qualified Financial Expert for Audit Committees under NYSE, NASDAQ and Regulation S-K rules

· Strategic Advisor, Kintera AI

· Advisory Board Member, Aviva Labs

· Board Director, MarTech, confidential, private 3rd generation family business

· Board Director, Motor Cycle Association of Great Britain Limited (now MCIA)

· Board Chair of the new all-employee Six Sigma incubator and streamlined innovation process, GE Capital. VC team.

· Co-Chair Corporate Board Search Committee, Co-Chair Corporate Salute, The Boston Club

· Chair, 39th Annual Model Congress, AIC

· NACD National Association of Corporate Directors, member to 2024

· Virtual Advisory Board, member

· Private Directors Association, member

· The Boardroom Africa, member

Executive / Operational

· CEO/Managing Director, Waring & LaRosa Direct, marketing agency acquired by WPP

· Chief Innovation Officer of GE Capital’s largest division

· Senior Vice President, Innovation and Business Development, Cambridge Consultants, the product design division of Capgemini

· Director, PwC (PriceWaterhouse Coopers) Advisory

· Chief Marketing Officer, Kawasaki UK

· Group Vice President, Digital Transformation, Publicis Sapient, Publicis Groupe

· Head of Global Consumer, Retail, & Travel Consulting & Analyst, Forrester Research

· Agile Principal, ThoughtWorks

· P&L & Business Unit Head of Personal Loans, Liabilities & Insurance, Citibank UK

Interim / Fractional

· Establishment Labs, interim Head of Customer Success (consumer brand Mia Femtech)

· Allergan Aesthetics (now AbbVie)

· Western Union, 3 years retained

· Standard Chartered Bank, 2 years retained

· KinderCare

· HP

· IBM

· De Beers

· Javelin Strategy & Research, Practice Lead, Fintech Analyst

· Dozens of consultancies, startups, advertising  and marketing agencies