Ryan Petty

Ryan Petty is a serial entrepreneur and technology executive with over 20 years in the telecom, media & technology industries, including four years serving as the Vice President of Product Development and Innovation at ADT. Ryan is currently the Senior Vice President of Business Solutions with Liberty Latin America’s Cable & Wireless subsidiary and is the founder of The WalkUp Foundation (walkupfoundation.org). Ryan lost his daughter Alaina in the tragic school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s day 2018. Alaina was one of 17 students and teachers killed. Since the tragedy that took their daughter, Ryan and his wife Kelly have been actively involved in the public policy arena as advocates for improving school safety, through early identification, and intervention of potential threats. Ryan was appointed in March 2018 by Governor Rick Scott to serve on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission. The WalkUp Foundation‘s mission is to protect our children & teachers at school through the support of evidence-based policies and programs which improve the culture in our schools, educate everyone to identify and report potential threats and encourage robust and accountable interactions between students, educators, parents, mental health professionals, and law enforcement. Ryan has been featured in the NY Times, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, & CNN. He has been a frequent guest on MSNBC, Fox News, HLN as well as local South Florida media. Carrier Highlights ⁃ Expanded the addressable market for home security & automation services at ADT through the development of ADT Canopy. Significantly expanded penetration of ADT Pulse & launched the first monitored combination home security & home automation gateway (LG Smart Security), reduced installation costs and improved service delivery for ADT's core products & services. ⁃ Defined, prototyped and developed a multi-screen interactive advertising product for MSOs. Helped early-stage companies raise seed & venture capital and advised on M&A. Introduced an OTT video product to the North American market & led several innovation projects for Fortune 100 companies while at Evio Group. ⁃ Led the Siemens Home Entertainment global product/solution team, deploying the Siemens Home Entertainment to over 5 million customers to carrier partners in Europe, North America & Asia. ⁃ Co-Founder of Myrio which developed the architectural framework for Internet Protocol Television (FS-VDSL/ITU-T), launched IPTV services with over 110 global service providers, acquired by Siemens.

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