Meet The Gurus : Kathleen Ryan

Kathleen Ryan, CEO & CFO

Kathy Ryan knows what it takes to help Silicon Valley start-ups—including her own—grow and prosper.

Kathy keeps 10 balls in the air without breaking a sweat and thrives on running a business. She started RoseRyan on a mission to let highly skilled professionals combine challenging assignments with a flexible work/life balance—and the firm has grown beyond her wildest dreams.

While building RoseRyan, she’s served as interim CFO at more than 50 emerging companies, mostly in the high-tech sector. With the keen ability to see the big picture as well as pesky details, she makes sure her employees and clients stay on top of an ever-changing regulatory landscape.

Kathy was director of finance at Quantum and tax manager at Price Waterhouse before co-founding RoseRyan in 1993 with Sue Macias. In addition to management expertise, her skills include general and cost accounting; tax and SEC reporting; forecasting, budgeting and planning; business finance; and systems planning and implementation.

Kathy, formerly a Big 4 CPA, holds a BS in accounting from Santa Clara University. She serves on the finance committee at St. Michael’s Church in Livermore. Among her loves: golf, needlepoint and (her guilty pleasure) romance novels.