Ryan Orton, Principal
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Ryan has over 20 years of experience driving strategic and operational value across a variety of use cases, including: Blockchain, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Equities Trading, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Strategy, Business Operations and Information Security. He founded Greenwood in 2014 to help clients with transactions and technology when entering new markets or taking advantage of scale in existing ones. Prior to Greenwood, he worked as an investor in venture capital, an operator for an algorithmic trading platform (CFO/COO), and as an advisor to leading Private Equity and Fortune 500 companies.

Ryan has worked on all phases of the investment lifecycle, with experience in over 100 transactions worth more than $40b. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, a Masters in Data Science from the University of California, Berkeley, a Certified Public Accountant license (Accredited in Business Valuation), Certified Information Systems Auditor designation, and BSBA (Finance-economics) and MSBA (Accountancy) degrees from the University of Colorado.

Catherine Peters, Project Manager
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Catherine Peters has over 17 years of experience in business strategy, change management, communications and project management. Her experience includes client sizes ranging from Fortune 1000 to start-ups. She holds a Bachelor of Communications and Masters in Stakeholder Relations through the University of Queensland. Catherine has diverse industry experience, ranging from mining in Latin America to global event management.
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