Ryan McManus is an entrepreneur, executive, investor, board director and advisor. He is the founder of techtonic.io where he advises Fortune 500 companies, governments, startups, and private equity investors on AI and other emerging technologies, digital transformation, business model strategy and generating speed within their organizations. Ryan is a member of the Board of Directors of Nortech Systems where he is the founding chair of the Science & Technology Committee. He is also President of the Board of Directors of the NACD New York Chapter, serves on the advisory boards of Limbik AI and ArcticBlue AI, and is Chair Emeritus of the children’s non-profit EMPOWER. He previously founded Accenture’s Digital Transformation practice after serving as the Accenture Strategy COO and a leader of their Corporate Strategy and International Expansion practices and has held multiple roles with private equity and data platform startups.
Ryan was recognized as one of the top 100 most influential corporate directors by the National Association of Corporate Directors in 2023 and is one of 20 board directors in the United States selected to serve as a commissioner of the NACD’s Blue Ribbon Report on Technology and Governance. He serves as clinical faculty on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Strategy at Brown University and other leading institutions.