Ryan Woodley is a principal in our Boston office. He originally joined Polaris in 2004 and focuses primarily on growth equity investments in the technology, healthcare, and business services industries.

Experience:
Prior to joining Polaris, Ryan was a strategy consultant with the Monitor Group. During his tenure at Monitor, Ryan worked with Fortune 500 clients on a range of strategic and operating issues, focusing primarily on growth strategy and performance improvement. Prior to Monitor, he worked as an analyst and manager at Authorize.Net, an online payment gateway. Ryan also has experience at Google where he was a manager in the Online Sales and Operations group.

Ryan was part of the teams responsible for Polaris’ investments in Art.com, Botanical Laboratories, Focus Financial Partners, Living Proof, National Electronic Attachment, and Xpressdocs.

Boards:
Ryan represents Polaris as a director on the boards of National Electronic Attachment and Xpressdocs, and as an observer on the board of Focus Financial Partners.

Education:
Ryan received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University.