Ryan Larcom

Managing Director, Studios

2024 - Current

High Alpha Innovation partners with the world's leading organizations to innovate by launching startups & venture studios, leveraging the model pioneered by High Alpha - Partners with leading Fortune 500 corporations, Tier-1 Research universities, philanthropies, and state economic development to design and fund new venture studios that launch portfolios of startups focused on transforming industries - Manages a portfolio of venture studios, supporting their Managing Partners to fundraise, operate studios, and repeatably develop venture-backed startups - Convenes thought-leaders through ALLOY annual venture building summit & Corporate Studio Guild

Director

2020 - 2024

- Leads executive relationships with Fortune 500 corporations and Tier-1 research universities to build new ventures to drive innovation and growth - Directs venture building teams of business & experience designers to co-create startups, talent partners to recruit founders, and legal/investment specialists to launch new venture-backed startups - Co-developed the firm’s new venture investment team to define our standard "entrepreneur-friendly, venture-backable" startup investment structure, optimized for corporate strategic and financial benefit

Board Observer

2023

Board Member

2021

Partner

2018

Collective Works partners with entrepreneurs addressing social problems to help them launch / scale their businesses. Our 1st spinout was Duett, Inc.

Board Member

2021

VP, Customer & Digital Strategy

2019 - 2020

Reporting to the Chief Customer and Digital Officer of this global pioneer in safety and security, whose brands include CISA®, Interflex®, LCN®, Schlage®, SimonsVoss® and Von Duprin® - Cultivated an "outside in" culture by developing & integrating customer strategy across Allegion's business units to delight customers through product, people, and process - Operationalized Allegion's digital strategy across products, people, operations, and customer - Developed investment theses, directed investments, and drove partnerships with access/security startups through Allegion Ventures

Principal, Allegion Ventures

2020 - 2020

Director, Business Design & Corporate Innovation

2015 - 2019

Pioneered the venture studio model as an early employee of leading B2B SaaS studio - Developed repeatable model for startup creation, including Sprint Week — High Alpha's forcing function for launching startups; facilitated 11 sprints resulting in the creation of 13 new startups - Created & led Business Design function — Business Analysts & Designers who partner with entrepreneurs, VCs, & expert network to develop concepts into investible businesses - Diligenced Seed/Series A deals, supported ~30 investments and Investor Relations - Convened Venture Studio Collective to increase collaboration between leading venture studios & advocate for this emerging asset class - Developed investment thesis & deployed engagement model for partnering with large corporations to drive innovation by launching startups, resulting in the spin-out of High Alpha Innovation Previous titles: Director of Strategy & Innovation (2015-2017), Director Operations (2017-2018), Investor at High Alpha Capital (2017-2018)

Corporate Strategy Manager

2014 - 2015

Led high-performing, hypothesis-driven teams consulting for CEO, COO, CTO, & 4 BU Leaders for Fortune 200 global power company; record speed promotion from Analyst to Manager - 10-year strategic plan & business portfolio review with CEO, COO & Executive Leadership Team - Implemented a User-Centered Design organization under CTO - Turnaround strategy for a $2B business unit - Divestiture analysis of $800M line-of-business - $10M partnership deal enabling new market entry for $1B business unit - 3 emerging technology make/buy analyses for $1B-$8B business units; one resulting in creation of a new business unit

Corporate Responsibility Specialist

2012 - 2014

Community Involvement Team (CIT) Leader for Columbus Technical Center (CTC) - Engaged 1500 employees in 100+ volunteering events with 10 non-profit organizations, strategically deploying $20,000 in grants, resulting in the highest site volunteerism rate to date - Published Cummins Foundation whitepaper: “Global STEM Education strategy” - Provided strategic direction to iGrad, a community initiative supporting 500 at-risk students that contributed to a 7% reduction in high school dropout rate

Worldwide Design Competency Associate Leader

2012 - 2013

Co-led Center of Excellence for design engineers, facilitating best practice / knowledge sharing

Senior Design Engineer; Cooling & Lube Lead Designer

2010 - 2012

Cooling & Lube design team lead on award-winning QSK95 "Hedgehog" engine, the world’s largest high-speed diesel engine platform

Design Engineer; Interior Trim

2007 - 2010

Designed & developed interior components of Honda & Acura products for the US & global markets, including award-winning 2008 Acura TL, 2011 Honda Odyssey, 2010 & 2014 Acura MDX programs

Engineering Intern

2006 - 2006