Team Profiles

Ryan Fisher, Principal

Meet Ryan

Ryan is a Principal at Innosight, where she leads Fortune 100 engagements in the healthcare, finance, media and consumer product industries.  She helps clients identify, prioritize and launch unique growth opportunities, and assists them in building innovation capabilities for repeatable growth.  Her work has resulted in the creation of many disruptive solutions, including business model innovations for some of the world's leading organizations.

Ryan lead both qualitative and quantitative research engagements, and has expertise in sizing and segmenting "white space" growth opportunities using JOBS™ tools.  Ryan has spent considerable time in emerging markets where she has teamed with Innosight Ventures to build incubator businesses.  Ryan also designs and leads programs for C-Suite executives on disruptive innovation.

Before joining Innosight, Ryan led business development at BlissWorld LLC, a division of Starwood Hotels & Resorts.  Her responsibilities included spa development and retail strategy, as well as brand launch, positioning, and integration.  During her tenure, Ryan structured and negotiated BlissWorld's aggressive pipeline, which will lead to the opening of 20+ locations.

Prior to BlissWorld, Ryan was a Press Lead for Senator John Kerry's Presidential Campaign.  She was also an Associate Consultant with the management consulting firm, Bain & Company, where she worked in the retail and consumer product industries.

Ryan received her B.A. in finance summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, and her M.Ed., with an emphasis on Adult Development and Management, summa cum laude from Harvard.  She is on the Board of Directors for CoParentConnection.com and on the Junior Board of Directors for New York City Advocates for Children.

Most Memorable Innosight Moment

In 2009, I spent a total of six weeks in India, conducting primary market research for a client. Our work included consumer interviews with families across urban and rural India. During our research, family after family showed our team - complete strangers - unbelievable hospitality. Families who had very little means invited us into their homes, fed us, and often spent hours answering our questions. One of our stops included a visit to an orphanage, and once again, we were graciously received, despite the busy schedules and limited resources of those running the organization. I was truly amazed by the generosity and warmth we encountered across India, especially from those with so little. The project was not only a memorable experience, but an extremely meaningful one.