<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 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;">Inclusive Design Entrepreneur in Residence at MicrosoftSapphire 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 with teams across Microsoft to build inclusive products/services Identify strategic areas for potential investment, specifically in the B2B space, and create an inclusive culture with everyone from new hires to executiveshelp 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>
<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;">Email: </span>[mailto:Ryanpphillips10@gmail.com <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ryanpphillips10@gmail.com</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;">Phone: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(972) 365-8656</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 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 Previously, I currently work worked at Microsoft as a Culture Engineer! What does that mean? Basically, I try to shift the culture of one of the largest companies in the world to be more inclusive. This includes making including everything from our products, such as new hardware or Xbox gamesour day-to-day operations, delight all usersand everything in between! Check out an example of this that recently launched, regardless of their abilities. You can see what my day-job looks like the [https://youtunews.bemicrosoft.com/stories/xbox-adaptive-controller/tHAabrlH9jM hereXbox 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://youtuwww.beyoutube.com/viAmStlCqp8 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 :) </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 :)</span></span>
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span>[http://startupclass.samaltman.com/lists/readings/ How To Start a Startup] - One of the best collections of articles and videos on everything around a startup. </span></span>*<span style="font-size:medium;">[http://waitbutwhy.com/2017/04/neuralink.html <span></span>NeuraLink article on WaitButWhy] - Love this in-depth article on the brain, Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMIs) and Elon's strategy around startups. </span>*<span style="font-size[https:medium;">//www.feld.. More coming soon ...<com/span> = <span style="font-size:xx-largemedium;">UIF LinksFeld Thoughts</span> = '''University of Oklahoma''' [[University of Oklahoma Student Priorities|University of Oklahoma Student Priorities]] University Innovation Fellows Spring 2016: *[[Holly Crawford|Holly Crawford]] [[Brad Morrow|Brad Morrow]] Spring 2015https: [[Candace Alsenay|Candace Alsenay]] [[Laura C Davis|Laura Davis]] [[Ashley Findley|Ashley Findley]] [[Alexandra Hamon|//stratechery.com/ <font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" sizespan style="2">Alexandra Hamon</font>]] [[Andrew Lambeth|<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2:medium;">Andrew LambethStratechary</fontspan>]] Spring 2014: [[Lauren Abston|Lauren Abston]] '''Ryan Phillips'''
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