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AI Advisor | Investor | Speaker
A front-row perspective on AI — built from advising companies implementing it today, and investing in what's next. Ryan has delivered hundreds of keynotes and talks nationwide, including more than 50 in 2025 alone, on how AI is reshaping work, leadership, and the economy.
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Ryan Frederick is an AI advisor, investor, and speaker working at the intersection of technology and its impact on the global economy, politics, labor, and society. As Principal at Transform Labs, he advises mid-market companies, nonprofits, and family businesses on AI strategy and execution. As General Partner at AI Transform Fund, he invests in the AI technologies of tomorrow — a dual vantage point that gives him a front-row view few speakers can offer. Ryan also serves on the advisory board of AI 2030 and is an active angel investor, startup mentor, and corporate innovation leader. He has partnered with and spoken for leading organizations, industry conferences, and innovation-focused communities across the country — more than 50 events in 2025 alone.
Ryan's signature keynotes include Designing Work for the AI Era, The Economics of AI, The Productivity Dividend: How AI Changes the Math of Employee Ownership, AI Rising. For Keeps. The Next Five Years Belong to Operational AI, and The Autonomous Care Era: How Vision AI Is Redefining Remote Patient Monitoring — each built to give audiences a clear, candid read on how AI is changing their industry right now.
Where to catch Ryan next: Rocky Mountain ESOP Chapter Fall Conference in Denver (Sept 11), TEA California/Nevada Annual Conference in Reno (Sept 16–18), ESOP Association OK/TX Fall Conference in Dallas (Oct 1), MD&M Midwest (October), and the opening keynote at the AI Rising Conference in Columbus (Oct 19–20).
Many aspects of being a Founder, creating a product, and building a company are counter-intuitive. In The Founder's Manual, Ryan Frederick, provides insights into how to deal with them including:
-Founders have to run to the fire, not away from it.
-Scale doesn't matter until a small number of customers love what you are doing.
-You can't solve a problem you don't understand at an expert level.
-Customer Product Fit is better than Product Market Fit and why.
Between the covers of this book, you will find scores of insights, tips, and strategies gleaned from the author’s decades of experience in managing and selling for services firms. From team dynamics, to cash-flow management, from growth strategies to finding the right client fit, and from forming partnerships to the best exit strategy, this book’s eight sections will help you understand the art and skill-sets required to manage a successful services firm.
Joe Kutchera, fellow author, speaker, and marketing advisor, interviews Ryan Frederick about Ryan's new book The Founder's Manual.
In this interview, they talk about problem-solving, creating new products, and building successful companies.
"Ryan is an interviewer extraordinare!"
"People were still talking about your keynote from Monday on Thursday."
"Your talk was the most attended and received the highest score."
"The most highly rated session at the conference!"
“Ryan was a standout keynote at AI Rising. From the moment he took the stage, it was clear we were in for something exceptional. His ability to cut through AI hype and speak candidly about what’s happening deeply connected with our audience. The feedback has been phenomenal; leaders told us Ryan’s keynote alone justified attending the conference. His presence raised the caliber of the entire event, and we would absolutely bring him back for future events.”
Prefer email? Reach Ryan directly at speak@ryanfrederick.biz