Partner
Patrick Spaulding Ryan
General Partner Investment Committee, Leawood Venture Capital
Also known as Patrick Ryan
- Firm
- Leawood Venture Capital
- Title
- General Partner Investment Committee
- Role
- General partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 17 September 2026
About
Prolific private venture investor and Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Dr. Ryan was a senior corporate executive at TikTok and Google where he led technical policy, global cybersecurity and internet governance initiatives, and international public policy with the United Nations and ICANN. Dr. Ryan is considered an authority on Blockchain technology applications in enterprise financial systems and regularly authors academic articles and lectures on technology policy internationally. Dr. Ryan also serves as the Faculty Director of the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Background
- Education
- BA/MBA, Middlebury Institute of International Studies JD, University of Texas, Austin MBL, Universität St. Gallen, Switzerland PhD, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BelgiumSource (opens in a new tab)
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