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Serving as UIF Since:Spring 2014

School: University of Oklahoma, Computer Science

What she does now: Entrepreneur in Residence at Sapphire Ventures/SAP.iO

What that means: Work Identify strategic areas for potential investment, specifically in the B2B space, and help porfolio companies grow.

Contact him about: Inclusive Design; creative spaces and/or makerspaces; technology strategy (startup or large company); Photography + videography;

Hey There - My name is Ryan Phillips and I currently work at a VC fund and venture studio. My role there consists of two things, (1) helping teams launch their ideas and (2) identifying promising areas of interest to invest in. While i've only been working here for about two months, I love it so far!

Previously, I worked at Microsoft as a Culture Engineer! What does that mean? Basically, I try to shift the culture to be more inclusive including everything from our products, our day-to-day operations, and everything in between! Check out an example of this that recently launched, the Xbox Adaptive Controller.

I graduated from the University of Oklahoma in summer 2015 with my masters in Computer Science.During my time at OU, I worked in a consulting role with many Oklahoma-based startups in industries such as robotic surgery, book publishing, and vaccination development. My UIF project connected groups from across campus to build the Innovation Hub at OU, a multi-disciplinary space that allows students to experiment with projects regardless of what major they are. We began work in early 2014, broke ground in late 2015, and spring 2017 welcomed the first students to the space!

Beyond work, I LOVE photography (check it out here), and have recently been experimenting with drone videography - check out my latest prototype here!

I’m happy to talk to anyone about anything, and I feel like I can help the most with students working on projects based on inclusion, creative spaces, and/or technology (CS, hardware, strategy, etc)!

Thanks :)
Ryan

Great Links

These are some of my favorite and most helpful things on the internet :)

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+<span id="docs-internal-guid-327e880a-acba-1ce3-5501-2db1e89dffa2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Serving as UIF Since:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2014</span></span>
+<span id="docs-internal-guid-327e880a-acba-1ce3-5501-2db1e89dffa2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">School: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of Oklahoma, Computer Science</span></span>
-<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Ryan is a Computer Science major with a minor in Mathematics at the University of Oklahoma. He brings in experience from 3 semesters of developing technologies at the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth (CCEW) in fields ranging from book publishing to patient data monitoring. During his semester as a team lead, he led 9 interdisciplinary students through a process of ideation, market validation, and software development to develop the beta version of SIREN. SIREN is a weather analysis application that automates the analysis and notification of hazardous weather to the trucking industry. During the 2 months, the team developed a proprietary algorithm with help from meteorologists at the National Weather Center and developed the web-based application with CCEW alumni working in Google Maps. We are currently raising funding to launch this startup in August of 2014. As an intern at Garmin during the summer of 2013, his work on the next-generation of in-dash navigation prepared Ryan to bring a large-scale software project from ideation through production. During the summer of 2014, Ryan will be an intern at Microsoft working on the web-based version of Microsoft Office, Office365.<span style="color: rgb(50, 50, 50); line-height: 20px;">&nbsp;</span></span></span>
+<span id="docs-internal-guid-327e880a-acba-1ce3-5501-2db1e89dffa2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What she does now: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entrepreneur in Residence at Sapphire Ventures/SAP.iO</span></span>
+<span id="docs-internal-guid-327e880a-acba-1ce3-5501-2db1e89dffa2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What that means: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Work Identify strategic areas for potential investment, specifically in the B2B space, and help porfolio companies grow.</span></span>
+<span id="docs-internal-guid-327e880a-acba-1ce3-5501-2db1e89dffa2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contact him about: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inclusive Design; creative spaces and/or makerspaces; technology strategy (startup or large company); Photography + videography;</span></span>
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+<span id="docs-internal-guid-327e880a-acba-1ce3-5501-2db1e89dffa2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hey There - My name is Ryan Phillips and I currently work at a VC fund and venture studio. My role there consists of two things, (1) helping teams launch their ideas and (2) identifying promising areas of interest to invest in. While i've only been working here for about two months, I love it so far!</span></span>
+<span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Previously, I worked at Microsoft as a Culture Engineer! What does that mean? Basically, I try to shift the culture to be more inclusive including everything from our products, our day-to-day operations, and everything in between! Check out an example of this that recently launched, the [https://news.microsoft.com/stories/xbox-adaptive-controller/ Xbox Adaptive Controller].</span></span>
+<span id="docs-internal-guid-327e880a-acba-1ce3-5501-2db1e89dffa2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I graduated from the University of Oklahoma in summer 2015 with my masters in Computer Science.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">During my time at OU, I worked in a consulting role with many Oklahoma-based startups in industries such as robotic surgery, book publishing, and vaccination development. My UIF project connected groups from across campus to build the [https://youtu.be/EBBbt1c_Cyw Innovation Hub at OU], a multi-disciplinary space that allows students to experiment with projects regardless of what major they are. We began work in early 2014, broke ground in late 2015, and spring 2017 welcomed the first students to the space!</span>
+<span id="docs-internal-guid-327e880a-acba-1ce3-5501-2db1e89dffa2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Beyond work, I LOVE photography (check it out [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ryan-phillips/ here]), and have recently been experimenting with drone videography - check out my latest prototype [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJsOyy7TnF8 here]!</span></span>
+<span id="docs-internal-guid-327e880a-acba-1ce3-5501-2db1e89dffa2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m happy to talk to anyone about anything, and I feel like I can help the most with students working on projects based on inclusion, creative spaces, and/or technology (CS, hardware, strategy, etc)!</span></span>
+<span id="docs-internal-guid-327e880a-acba-1ce3-5501-2db1e89dffa2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thanks&nbsp;:) </span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ryan</span></span>
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+=<span style="font-size:xx-large;"><span>Great Links</span></span>=
+<span style="font-size:medium;"><span>These are some of my favorite and most helpful things on the internet&nbsp;:)</span></span>
+*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span>[http://startupclass.samaltman.com/lists/readings/ How To Start a Startup]&nbsp;</span></span>
+*<span style="font-size:medium;">[http://waitbutwhy.com/2017/04/neuralink.html <span></span>NeuraLink article on WaitButWhy]&nbsp;</span>
+*[https://www.feld.com/ <span style="font-size:medium;">Feld Thoughts</span>]
+*[https://stratechery.com/ <span style="font-size:medium;">Stratechary</span>]

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