Ryan Allis

Ryan Allis
Born 1984
Residence San Francisco, California
Nationality US
Occupation Entrepreneur
Author
Organization iContact, Connect
Title Chairman
Website Making a Difference

Ryan Allis was the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of iContact from 2003 through its sale to Vocus for $169 million in February 2012.[1] Allis is now the Chairman of Connect in San Francisco,[2] the Chairman of the Hive Global Leaders Program and a member of the United Nations Foundation Global Entrepreneurs Council.[3]

In 2008, Allis wrote a book on entrepreneurship called Zero to One Million (McGraw-Hill, 2008).[4]

Early life and education

Allis was born in 1984 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Andrew Allis and Pauline Middleton Allis. He attended school in Bradenton, Florida where he graduated from Manatee High School.[5] While in high school in Florida, Allis built a web site design agency called Virante.[6]

Allis studied economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[7] and is now completing the MBA program at Harvard Business School.[8]

Service

Allis is a member of the United Nations Foundation Global Entrepreneurs Council, which is made up of ten entrepreneurs who advise the United Nations Foundation.[9] In May 2012, he visited the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya as part of a United Nations Foundation delegation.[10] In June 2011, Allis joined a delegation from the United States Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development to Cairo, Egypt to mentor Egyptian technology entrepreneurs and judge the U.S. State Department NexGen IT Boot Camp.[11][12]

From 2008 until 2012 Allis was the Board Chairman of the international development non-profit organization Nourish International.[13] Allis founded Hive Ventures, an investment fund investing in firms in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and the United States.[14]

Political involvement

Allis served as a National Co-Chairperson for Technology for Obama along with Marc Benioff and Reid Hoffman and worked with the Obama 2012 Presidential Campaign.[15]

Philanthropy

At iContact, Allis created the 4-1s Corporate Social Responsibility Program through which the company donated 1% of payroll, product, employee time, and company equity to 501(c)(3) programs, modeled after the Salesforce.com 1/1/1 philanthropic model.[16] Following the sale of iContact, Allis and his co-founder Aaron Houghton established a $1.2 million iContact Foundation Scholarship Program for the children of past iContact employees.[17] He has also contributed financially to the Council for Entrepreneurial Development in Durham, North Carolina[18] and to Nourish International.[19]

Recognition

References

  1. ↑ "Vocus Acquires iContact for $169 Million". TechCrunch. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Gibson, Dale. "Ryan Allis resurfaces with new startup in San Francisco". Triangle Business Journal. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "United Nations Foundation - Ryan Allis". United Nations Foundation. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  4. ↑ Allis, Ryan (2008). Zero to One Million. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 240. ISBN 0071496661.
  5. ↑ Kennedy, Sara (16 June 2012). "Whiz Kid Turns Big Kid" (PDF). Bradenton Herald. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Virante Design Development a Big Success". Sarasota Herald Tribune. 2 September 2002. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  7. ↑ Thorp, Holden. "A Conversation With Ryan Allis". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Week Three At HBS". Making a Difference. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "UN Foundation - Ryan Allis". United Nations Foundation.
  10. ↑ "Kakuma Refugee Camp". BuzzKill Foundation. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  11. ↑ "American Entrepreneur Triggers Egyptian Economic Growth". Fox News. 11 Nov 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  12. ↑ "U.S., Danish, and Egyptian Governments Empower Next Generation at the NexGen IT Boot Camp". Embassy of the United States to Egypt. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  13. ↑ Smith, Rick (12 January 2009). "Nourishing Socially Responsible Entrepreneurship is Appetizing Goal for iContact CEO". WRAL Local Tech Wire. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  14. ↑ Smith, Rick (21 March 2012). "Transition Over, Ryan Allis Exits as Head of iContact". WRAL Local Tech Wire. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  15. ↑ "National Co-Chairs for Technology for Obama". Technology for Obama.
  16. ↑ "Young Entrepreneurs, Giving Back". INC Magazine. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  17. ↑ "Triangle Community Foundation Announces iContact Foundation Scholarship Fund". Triangle Community Foundation. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  18. ↑ Ranii, David. "iContact Founders Donate $270,000 to CED". Raleigh News & Observer. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  19. ↑ "Nourish International Receives Major Gift Pledge". Nourish international. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  20. ↑ "Carolinas Program - 2008 Award Recipients". Ernst & Young. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  21. ↑ "TOYA Ryan Allis". United States Junior Chamber. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  22. ↑ Quinn, Matt (19 July 2010). "Ryan Allis and Aaron Houghton Founders of iContact". INC Magazine. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  23. ↑ "RTP's Ryan Allis 6 on PeakScores Tech Hotshots". TechJournal South. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  24. ↑ "Levo League 100 Extraordinary Millennials". Retrieved 29 September 2015.

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