“Ryan was instrumental in turning Next Focus from a concept into a business. Before he ever joined full-time, Ryan helped us understand our early product–market fit and the economics behind it. His financial modeling and advisory work gave us the clarity to prioritize our strongest use cases, price intelligently, and close our earliest enterprise client. As we grew, Ryan became our founding CFO—building the financial systems, pricing models, and investor materials that continue to guide our decisions today. His ability to translate complex technical and financial details into clear, actionable strategy has been a key part of our early success.”