Jim Ryan has helped build some of the most influential mobile data businesses in the world. Along the way, he has seen the evolution of the cellphone from its very beginning, and shares his personal experiences with readers in Carpe Data: Connect, the first of two memoirs covering this journey.
Ryan has spent his entire career pursuing something he first envisioned in 1987, the Total Interactive Communications Device (the TICD): better known as the smartphone. This quest has taken him across states, countries and continents. Ryan has been lucky to have a devoted family that has supported him every step of the way. He continues his efforts through his own consulting practice, Right-brain Consulting. When he’s not working, Ryan can be found at home in Roswell, Georgia, playing the drums or hanging with his wife and soul mate, Jeanne, their two kids, CJ and Tyler.