When he's not working, Ryan spends his time with his wife Mallorie and their four kids.
Why Kodiak exists.
I have always been an entrepreneur. So when I started learning about AI and what it could do for businesses, something became clear immediately — there are thousands of business owners who know they need to start implementing AI but have no idea where to begin.
That gap is exactly where Kodiak Strategy lives.
The clearest example I saw was in the roofing industry. Working with contractors, I kept running into the same thing. The tools were there. The problem was they required more from the operator than the operator had to give. Manual entry piled up, systems fell behind, and eventually everyone went back to doing it by hand.
The technology wasn't the issue. The friction was.
So I built Roof Flow to remove it. Not a new concept — just a better experience. One that worked the way a real operator works, not the way a software manual says they should.
That project taught me something I didn't expect. The same friction exists everywhere. Dentists, lawyers, HVAC companies, real estate firms — different industries, same story. Good tools sitting unused because nobody had time to fight with them.
That's the gap Kodiak Strategy was built to fill.
Everyone knows AI is the future. But what does that actually mean for your business — your team, your workflows, your bottom line? Our assessment process shows you exactly where it fits. Then we build it for you.