Chief Executive Officer
Prior to joining Branch, Ryan spent 11 years at Jackson Furniture as its Chief Financial & Operating Officer, scaling it from $100M to nearly $500M. Prior to that, he worked in New York City with Zolfo Cooper and co-founded Value Bridge Partners, providing private equity consulting services to established and growth-stage companies. He started his career at Southern Staircase implementing parametric CNC fabrication methods enabling the company to grow from $8M to $64M. Ryan holds an MBA from Duke University and a bachelor’s degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering at Auburn University.
Chief Financial & Operating Officer
CPA, CGMA
Dan has wide-ranging experience in financial operations. He spent several years in public accounting and business consulting, managed the finances for a $45 million business unit of a cloud technology company eventually acquired by one of the world’s largest consulting firms, and led the finances and operations for a higher ed institution. Dan is a CPA and CGMA.
Director of Software Engineering
Steve Ziegler joined the Branch Technology team as the Director of Software Engineering after garnering more than 20 years of experience in software engineering and development. With his background in both art and computer science, Steve approaches software engineering with a rare design sensibility, managing the development of enterprise applications that stand out for their intuitive layout and technical performance.