Ryan Thogmartin is founder and CEO of two innovative companies. DISRUPT Media, LLC and Connecting Directors, LLC.

DISRUPT Media specializes in helping global organizations, small businesses, and Celebrity create strategic approaches to social media and social networking.

At DISRUPT Media all we do is social media. Every project is based on insights into the needs and aspirations of our clients' customers as we develop a deeper understanding of how the power of social media and technology networks can be leveraged to change the economics of our clients' business and facilitate new business and networked marketing models.

DISRUPT Media is a small and nimble firm that adjusts to clients needs. Providing creative ideas and a simple plan to create a social media presence that is completely unique.

In the end - our clients, become our partners in social media success.

DISRUPT Media is strategically partnered with SPECK Media, a world-wide leader in Social Media Marketing, who has created and perfected the Social Media Design Process used by DISRUPT Media.

ConnectingDirectors.com is the premier progressive online publication for funeral professionals with a reader base of over 15,000 of the most elite and forward-thinking professionals in the industry. With Connecting Directors LLC Ryan has created a global community through an online platform allowing funeral professionals to Stay Current. Stay Informed. Stay Elite. In 2012, ConnectingDirectors.com became the most read funeral publication in the Untied States.

Ryan grew up embracing technology. He relished the innovations which led to the growth of the Internet, and he stepped into the online marketing arena straight out of high school. This is when he became the co-owner of a sports marketing firm, which focused on creating websites for high school sports programs. While he learned a great deal from this hands-on experience, at one point, he chose to return to the classroom for more in-depth instruction. He entered West Virginia University, where he studied business marketing.

Ryan and his wife