Ryan Butters

Ryan Butters is an accomplished professional currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer at Areté Collective since April 2024. In addition, Ryan holds the position of Principal at Bridgeport Advisors LLC since June 2018 and has been an Adjunct Professor specializing in Integrated Product and Process Design at Brigham Young University from September 2020 to September 2024. Previous roles include CEO and Board Member of PenBlade, Inc., where Ryan focused on establishing the company as a leader in safety scalpels, and various leadership positions at Lucid Software Inc. and Celanese. Ryan's experience also includes consulting at Bain & Company, where strategic solutions were implemented to enhance client operations. Educational credentials comprise an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Manufacturing Engineering Technology from Brigham Young University.