OUR TRACK RECORD
50+ years of experience
200+ successful executive recruitment projects
100+ individual and team assessments
150+ companies served
14 Investment funds served
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RYAN EVANS
Managing Partner
Ryan is the Managing Partner at Leadership Decision Group, where he works closely with investors, board members, CEOs, and business owners to create the highest-performing management teams.
Ryan has extensive experience with Private Equity and Venture Capital backed companies. He played a crucial role in building and leading the global sales and operations teams for a Boston-based B2B SaaS start-up that was acquired by VMWare for $2.1B in 2019. He also learned invaluable lessons working with other early-stage ventures struggling through their crucial early stages of development, which prepared him to play a critical role in launching the first-ever InsurTech accelerator in Connecticut. These experiences taught him the dramatic impact of having the “right” people in the right roles at critical inflection points and the high cost of having the wrong people in place.
Ryan is a University of Connecticut School of Business graduate and devoted fan of UCONN Men’s Basketball.
RONALD EVANS
Advisor
Ron has been actively assessing and advising investors and company leaders for over 30 years. He has helped private equity and venture capital investors, as well as family-owned businesses, make better-informed decisions regarding their leadership teams, key employees, and overall organizations. Ron’s career includes 30+ years of consulting, evaluation, and recruitment for Fortune 500 and privately-owned companies while serving as Managing Director of Sima Search, Chairman of SIMA International, Partner with Ward Howell International, and Senior Manager with Ernst & Young.
​Ron is internationally known for his behavioral and motivational assessment and ability to provide clients with deeper insight into leadership and management. He is passionate about helping senior executives and entrepreneurs discover their innate strengths and leverage them to maximize business results. He is also a General Partner in VC23, a venture capital firm actively investing in early-stage biotechnology companies.