Martin RingleinAdjunct Lecturer
About
Marty is a General Partner at Venture Studio, with a focus on supporting Fortune 500 corporate strategy and innovation efforts. Marty is also a Venture Capitalist as Partner of Adventure Fund where he invests in early-stage and high-growth start-ups from Chime to SpaceX.
Prior, Marty was the founder of a leading ticketing and payments platform that was acquired by Eventbrite where he went on to lead them through IPO as Global Head of R&D, with an emphasis on new product monetization opportunities. Marty was also previously a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow working directly within the Executive Office of the President for the Obama administration, primarily leading innovation around big data initiatives within the Office of Management and Budget.
Previously, Marty had his first start-up acquired by Twitter , pre-IPO, where he joined as their first Design Manager to help build and lead the Research and Design function. Over the past two-decades Marty has served as a consultant to clients including Apple, Amazon, Oracle, The Washington Post, and most recently with FinTech start-ups Brex and Plaid.
His current product focus is around generative AI, decentralization, longevity, and mixed-reality environments for multiple consumer and enterprise use cases.
Marty is most excited to work with students who are interested in harnessing the power of hindsight to help deliver insights from the front-lines of foresight by building and investing in the future of the most disruptive and transformative ideas. His philosophy is to lead product strategy and innovation through a historical analysis to develop a forward thinking approach. He aims to use design-thinking methodologies to break down existing mental models, embrace empathy, and discover opportunities for driving net-new value to both customers and stakeholders at the growth stages of the Fortune 500 and within the earliest stages of going from zero-to-one.
Education
Executive MBA, Columbia Business School
BS Computer Science, University of Maryland