About Hound Dog Designs

Hound Dog Designs will get 'er done -- in an agile, fast, and friendly way.

Let us help you identify, then hunt down new markets for your business. A serial entrepreneur with a nose for new business, our founder, Ron Ryan, is experienced in every facet of creating and managing corporate design from Print to PowerPoint to Web to Video and back. If you're just getting started, he can help you with corporate identity, then guide you through creating a logo design and website development and user testing. Once the site is up, he can help you with everything from Search Engine Optimization and Web Analytics as you build, analyze, and refine your website. For businesses running a while, he can help you by optimizing Conversion and Customer Retention.


More certificates than a prize-winning Coon Hound.

This old dog knows lots of tricks! Ron Ryan is a lifelong learner who uses the Coursera educational platform to expand his knowledge. His certifications include Digital Product Management and Agile Development certifications from UVA - Darden. He has a 5-course Search Engine Marketing specialization from UC Davis. He has the Gooogle Digital Garage Marketing Certification and certificates in Search Ads; Display Ads; Advanced Analytics, and User Experience Design, also from Google. A certificate for HTML 5 programming came from the University of Michigan. Ron is a Licensed Insurance Producer. Finally, he is Named Inventor on three US Patents and has degrees from Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania (see below). Woof!

Happy Clients

insurance.com, Sinclair and Company, Rings End Partners, among many others.

Relevant Work Experience


5/2009 - Present

Ron Ryan & Associates, LLC

President


12/14 - Present

Realtime Capital, Inc. dba QLACguru.com

Director of Education and Marketing


6/2003 - 4/2009

Answer Financial Inc.

SVP Product Management then VP Operations


An Old-fashioned Educational Pedigree


BA Harvard College, Cambridge, MA

MBA, Wharton School -- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA