Ryan Vet teaches in the business department at William Peace University, drawing on more than two decades as an entrepreneur and operator who has founded, scaled, and exited companies and led marketing and growth at venture-backed startups. He remains an active practitioner in the Raleigh-Durham business community, serving as a limited partner in a Triangle-area venture capital fund and as an angel investor in early-stage companies. A USA TODAY bestselling author and generational futurist, he brings his research on generational dynamics and artificial intelligence in the workplace directly into the classroom, so students graduate prepared for the workforce they are actually entering.
Ryan Vet, MBA
Instructor of Business, Peace Online
Education
M.B.A., Purdue University Global
B.S. in Business Administration, Elon University
Executive certificate in Global Business, Harvard Business School
Executive certificate in Change Management, Cornell University
Activities & Honors
Advisory Board Member, Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Elon University
Research & Publications
Books: Speak Goodr 2025, USA TODAY bestseller; Cracking the Millennial Code (2019);
Frameworks: Developer of the Generational Pendulum, the Generational Prism, and the Velocity Gap — original models for analyzing generational difference and organizational adaptation, developed from field observation across multi-generational workforces.
Ongoing research: Author of COLLIDE, a weekly research letter on generational dynamics, leadership, and the future of work, reaching 23,000+ subscribers. Currently developing a forthcoming book on technological substitution and its generational consequences.
Selected presentations and media: More than 1,000 keynote presentations across 45+ states and four continents for corporate, healthcare, financial services, association, and university audiences. Commentary featured in Forbes, ABC, Financial Times, CBS, NBC, et al.
