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Andy Tryba is a technology optimist and 19x CEO. He is the co-founder & CEO of Ionic Partners as well as the CEO of 2 recent acquisitions by Ionic \\u2013 Gigster & Sparkrock. Ionic Partners is an enterprise software buyout firm focused on reaccelerating companies that have grown to $20-$50m in revenue, but now need additional playbooks & talent to reach the next level. Prior to co-founding Ionic Partners \\u2013 Andy created and ran a $1B division of ESW Capital called Think3. Through this fund \\u2013 Andy has purchased and was the CEO of 12 enterprise software companies \\u2013 Engine Yard, DNN Corp, Kayako, Bizness Apps, FogBugz, MyAlerts, School Loop, Agemni, SLI Systems, Infinio, Sococo and StreetSmart. Prior to Think3, Andy founded one of the largest online talent marketplaces \\u2013 spanning over 130 countries. Crossover grew from scratch to over $500m/yr in revenue before being acquired.

Andy also created the world\\u2019s only non-profit rideshare \\u2013 which completed over 3M rides in 4 years. Through the non-profit model \\u2013 RideAustin was been able to innovate with local organizations to help solve transportation issues \\u2013 including driving underprivileged patients to doctors\\u2019 visits, Veterans to their jobs and medical visits, elimination of underutilized bus lines and enabled local charities to raise $450k in donations through the Round-Up feature \\u2013 also first in the industry.

Andy is a Board member of the Texas High Speed rail \\u2013 working to bring the first high speed rail to the United States, serves as a Delegate in the US-Japan Leadership Program \\u2013 bringing together key leaders from US & Japan, and founded a local Japanese school in Austin called the Japanese Heritage Academy. Previously, Andy started and sold 2 software startups, spent 14 years running strategy at Intel Corporation, and was also an advisor to the US White House on the future of jobs and engineering talent. He received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Illinois and a MBA from Rice University. Connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/andytryba/\\xa0

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