Intervenant

Bryan lead the development of Glanris' biochar application development, including the patents on rice hull biochar in water filtration and work done in biochar in cement, inoculated soil amendments, and tire productions. With BET, he helped design the rice hull kiln.

Before Glanris, Bryan ran his consulting/investment company, Memphis Ventures. His primary focus was helping telecom/IoT companies. He has also helped start-ups since 1999 through the non-profit incubator he created, Emerge Memphis, and its subsequent venture fund. His experience with IoT systems began when he founded Skywire in 1993 to develop remote monitoring systems. Skywire designed, developed, and patented Coca-Cola’s first intelligent vending platform, which is still used on millions of machines worldwide. He sold Skywire to Marconi Online Systems in 1998. After Skywire, his next start-up was Media4, which he helped sell to EchoStar in 1999. Bryan holds a BA from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Columbia University.