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Mr. Ryan holds a bachelor's degree in Commerce from The University of Saskatchewan and an MBA from The University of Western Ontario, Canada. For the past 35 years, Mr. Ryan has served in a variety of positions in institutionally funded, private and government sponsored venture capital funds and venture fund management companies in Canada, the United States and Australia. He has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First General Securities Inc., a private, venture fund management company in Vancouver, Canada. Over his 35 years in the venture business, Mr. Ryan has had varying levels of responsibility for the identification, analysis, deal negotiation, on-going supervision and sale of investee companies. In most cases, he has served as a director of those investees through the private and public phases of their development.
In the past 5 years, Mr. Ryan has served as a director of First Silver Reserve Inc., Cobre Mining Company, Gemcom Software Inc., North American Tungsten Ltd., Asia Minerals Inc., and Rentcash Inc., all publicly listed companies. In addition, he has served as a director of several private companies at various stages of development in the DEI investment portfolio. | 