Babs Ryan

In: Business

Big-business escapee and mogul Babs

Ryan is a corporate change agent, entrepreneur, speaker, inventor, international trends forecaster, and world traveler. She has successfully boomeranged from senior leadership roles in Fortune 100 companies (GE Capital division head of new product development, Citibank VP of business development), chief marketing officer at Kawasaki UK, and top directorships in blue chip advertising agencies to small-business owner with clients in 207 countries.

Babs has traveled in 78 countries and worked abroad for 11 years. She has seven U.S. patents pending. She is founder and president of a Chicago-based enterprise helping multinational corporations bloom by forecasting global consumer trends and translating those trends for new product development.

She earned an MBA in international business from Thunderbird School of Global Management. Her interests include Taekwondo (black belt), alpine ski racing (A level), and scuba diving. She is founder and former president of the Chicago Motorcycle Meetup (180 members) and has been a mentor for Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City.