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dynamIt Confidant:

We’ve worked with some great people over the years, however, there are a choice few on which we bestow the title “dynamIt Confidant“. Our list of confidants is short and includes IA people, programmers, designers and a few bus. dev. guys who we know are ridiculously talented and who we also know we can count in our circle. Our confidants get dynamIt email addresses, are part of the family, eat Thurman with us, wear dynamIt t-shirts and are, in general, people we can count on in life, yes, but more importantly in WEB.

Ryan Cook:

One of our confidants is Ryan Cook (cook, cookie, ry-guy, vooder, etc). Ryan has worked with us in strategy, research, IA and programming capacities. He is absurdly talented and has an acute sense of detail. His curiosity and (to quench that curiosity) knowledge of web is seldom matched. Ryan takes the initiative to be up-to-date on the industry/world (if that’s possible) and looks constantly to contribute to it. His skills include IA and database schema, XHTML, PHP, MySQL, CSS, JS, AS and anything else that he’s researching at the time. His official academic accomplishments decorate him with a degree in botany and minors in computer science and computer engineering (typical diversity exhibited by a member of dynamIt). I had the pleasure of gallivanting around Europe with Ry for about 6 months a few years ago including sailing the Greek Isles for a week. Those months gave us plenty of time for other conversation [read lack of consistent connectivity in hostels and on night trains]. Ryan’s complexity doesn’t end at algorithms. In fact, it only begins. Ryan happens to be a certified tracker and talented in wilderness survival. He’s a great skier, an entrepreneur, an avid reader (loves philosophy/religion), eclectic music lover and passionate outdoorsman and extreme athlete.

Ryan has recently, well, in the last 2 months, moved out to Boulder - an incredible natural environment and a hotbed for entrepreneurship, technology and business. He is currently the head of operations for VC Wear and is also the founder and facilitator of TechTreks.

Ryan’s move to Colorado was somewhat catalyzed when he pursued an idea that came from StartUp Weekend Bloomington in the spring, but has since found his place in the diverse and progressive community.

Look for Ryan to guest post on the dynamIt blog soon. All of you StartUp Weekend Junkies may be interested as Boulder is where Andrew Hyde resides and where the whole idea was born. Ryan will be shedding some light on the scene out there.

Follow Ryan on Twitter: @protonron; Check out Ryan’s site: WhereToCaptain.com.

Who are your Confidants?

What does your network look like? Do you work closely with industry-folk, strategists, programmers or designers around the country?

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