Ryan Long

Ryan Long started working for Inventure in the early part of 2009. Initially, he was working in the research and development department on the early stages of the algae to jet fuel grant Inventure received through the Department of Defense (DoD). After this initial work, he became more involved in the organization as a Reactor Engineer and became integral to the development of Inventure’s Mixed Supercritical Fluid platform which was the selected technology by the DoD for the advanced stages of the project.

In later years, Ryan became involved with different applications of this platform, one of which was associated with Wilmar International in a specific application around the isolation and purification of nutraceuticals, including methyl esters. In early 2016, he was promoted to Engineering Manager and managed a staff of over twenty chemical engineers and chemists in a variety of different projects (including specialty chemical manufacturing).

His work here included the research, engineering, and successful plant commissioning of Inventure’s first technology commercialization at a 10,000 Ton/yr scale. In 2018, Ryan became Chief Technology Officer, where he continued to develop patents for Inventure as he became more integrated on Inventure’s different profit centers (licensing, sponsored research, manufacturing, engineering services, etc). In December of 2019, he was promoted to CEO of Inventure. Ryan is committed to helping Inventure’s clients find solutions that meet their environmental sustainability goals.