Co-founder and COO @ TRAM Global Inc.

Dr. Ryan Chin is Co-Founder & COO of TRAM Global -- a technology company that incentivizes sustainable actions and consumer behaviors to reduce carbon emissions globally through their digital marketplaces. TRAM computes, accounts, verifies and rewards carbon reduction by empowering people and communities to participate in the carbon reduction economy, enabling companies to directly connect with climate-conscious consumers. Dr. Chin is also a Co-founder of Optimus Ride – a MIT spinoff autonomous vehicle company. As an entrepreneur he has built world-class engineering teams of AI, Behavioral Change, Blockchain, Design, Business, and Marketing experts. Along with Co-founder, Ramiro Almeida, he has raised over $125M in venture capital from reputable investors like Emerson Collective, Reid Hoffman and Eric Chen. Ryan spent 18 years at MIT inventing the concept of Smart Cities and developing the CityCar -- a foldable, electric, shared, two-passenger vehicle w/ General Motors and the Architect Frank O. Gehry. Time Magazine named the CityCar the “Automotive Invention of the Year” in 2007. Ryan has advised industry and government agencies. He was a member of the White House PCAST’s (President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology) working group in 2015 on “Technology and the Future of Cities.” Ryan received at MIT his Ph.D. and M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences and a M.Arch in Architecture.