Ryan Zarick

Ryan Zarick is a Co-Founder and the CTO of LayerZero Labs. Ryan has over fifteen years of experience in the software industry and has co-founded three companies.

Ryan's previous company, Minimal AI, was a ML/AI company that they co-founded in June 2019 and ran until January 2021. Prior to that, they were the Co-Founder of 80Trill, a smart contract writing, auditing, testing and advising company based out of Vancouver Canada from January 2018 to March 2020. Ryan was also the CTO of Buzzdraft, an online daily fantasy sports site acquired in March 2013, from November 2011 to March 2013.

Ryan's experience also includes founding Coder Den, a software consulting firm in September 2010 that is still operational today. Before that, they worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at the UNH InterOperability Lab from August 2006 to May 2011.

In their current role at LayerZero Labs, Ryan is responsible for leading the technical direction of the company and its products. Ryan is also responsible for overseeing the engineering team and ensuring that they are able to deliver high quality products on time.

Ryan Zarick has a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of New Hampshire, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the same school.

They work with Richard Dietrich - Head of Talent, Max Glassman - Head Of Strategy, and Daniel P. Ahn - Head Of Research. Their manager is Bryan Pellegrino, Co-Founder & CEO.