Ryan Schmelz

Current

President at Riberian Enterprises, Inc.

Past

Board of Directors Member & Audit Committee at CorrectNet, Inc.
Founder & Managing Director at Transition Partners
Vice President, Vision 21 Services at Freddie Mac

Vice President, Systems Development at A.C. Nielsen subidiaries of Dun & Bradstreet
Vice President & Group Manager (First VP in current terminology) at Merrill Lynch
Senior Vice President at Remote Computing Corporation

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Education

San Jose State University
The University of South Dakota
University of California, Hastings College of the Law

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Recommended

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Connections

347 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

My Company

Ryan Schmelz’s Summary

Ryan Schmelz is a dynamic senior executive and consultant with over 20 years of experience. His employment history includes key positions in software and information services, technology, financial services, market research, and legal services organizations.
Mr. Schmelz is a team builder, experienced in leading large and small organizations and varied functional units, including marketing, sales, systems development, finance, operations, administration, human resources, and legal. He has led IT organizations of over 300 and managed operating budgets in excess of $50MM. He has supported organizations with over 15,000 users worldwide and worked with organizations of less than 5 people.
His management consulting experience encompasses strategy, restructuring / M&A, outsourcing, organization design, turnaround management, business process reengineering, information technology management and litigation support / electronic data discovery.

Ryan Schmelz’s Experience

President

Riberian Enterprises, Inc.

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

2004 — Present (5 years )

Executive counsel to software, information services, and start-up companies; management and process consulting in electronic data discovery industry
Board of Directors Member & Audit Committee

CorrectNet, Inc.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)

2007 — 2008 (1 year )
Founder & Managing Director

Transition Partners

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

1994 — 2004 (10 years )

Management Consultancy - focused on strategy, IT organization effectiveness, outsourcing, major project risk assessments, interim / turnaround management
Vice President, Vision 21 Services

Freddie Mac

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; FRE; Capital Markets industry)

1992 — 1994 (2 years )

Enterprise-wide Business Process Reengineering Program Management; IT executive; Organization Change Management
Vice President, Systems Development

A.C. Nielsen subidiaries of Dun & Bradstreet

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Market Research industry)

1990 — 1992 (2 years )

Role involved management of 350 application development professionals supporting Nielsen Marketing, Nielsen Media, and Donnelly Marketing
Vice President & Group Manager (First VP in current terminology)

Merrill Lynch

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MER; Financial Services industry)

1981 — 1989 (8 years )

Several key leadership roles in
- Corporate Technology Planning Division
- President of Merrill Lynch Software and Information Services, Inc. , ML's owner of IMNET, an IBM / Merrill Lynch joint venture.
- Vice President, Business Development of IMNET
- Leader of Merrill Lynch Securities Information Services
- Leader of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets' Computer Services Group
Senior Vice President

Remote Computing Corporation

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1975 — 1981 (6 years )

Software as a Service (nee Timesharing) company offering products for the securities, banking, and mortgage industries

Ryan Schmelz’s Education

San Jose State University

MBA , Organization Design, Finance
The University of South Dakota

BA , Government, Economics, History

Activities and Societies:

USD Track Team, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, VOLANTE newspaper staff
University of California, Hastings College of the Law

JD , Trade Regulation, Antitrust, Environmental Law

Additional Information

Ryan Schmelz’s Websites:

My Company

Ryan Schmelz’s Interests:

singing - see www.voce.org

Ryan Schmelz’s Groups:

The Sedona Conference, MIT Enterprise Forum, Society for Information Management, Voce Chamber Singers [www.voce.org], California State Bar, b-discovery