Kevin Koym

Summary

Kevin Koym is the Founder and CEO of Tech Ranch Austin. Tech Ranch provides accelerators for pre-seed and seed stage technology companies of Central Texas entrepreneurs. Kevin has developed a combination of training and web-based systems designed to create a local culture of success and entrepreneurship. Tech Ranch specializes in practices and technology that lead enterprises to deliver effective action through commitment-based organization and leadership. By potentiating successful corporate communities and projects, Tech Ranch delivers exceptional business results across organizational and cultural boundaries. Kevin has a history of helping organizations adopt and develop new technology, with a focus on the practices that support organizational effectiveness during times of rapid growth and change. Kevin has led many multi-cultural teams in both hemispheres, filling the roles of Founder, CEO, CTO, and VP Professional Services in seven startups along the way. In addition to Tech Ranch, Kevin also leads programs in the Americas for developing entrepreneurs, including Bootstrap Austin (a group of over 450 Austin-based bootstrapping entrepreneurs), and through Prueba el Mundo, a entrepreneurship development program that he co-founded, with participants from Chile, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. These programs have led him to Santiago, Chile and Guadalajara, Mexico where he led teams of hundreds of entrepreneurs to regional prosperity. Kevin speaks weekly on a variety of topics including - Supporting entrepreneurs to build pioneering businesses; how to prepare for the challenges of changing the world through innovation - Supporting communities to build stronger entrepreneurial ecosystems through strengthening their community of practice. http://kevinkoym.com Specialties: Innovation; Adoption of new technologies; Entrepreneurship; Startup companies; Mobilizing effective cross-cultural action; Early technology adopter sales;