Mr. Smith joined Messner & Smith in August 2011, bringing with him over 10 years of administrative and operations management experience from the online and mobile gaming industries.  Previously Ryan served 6 years with Beeline Interactive (formerly known as Capcom Interactive), the mobile arm of the parent company Capcom where he helped establish the business from the ground up through facilities and space planning, travel and event logistics, and procurement.  Prior to that he worked with Sony Pictures Entertainment as a Marketing Coordinator and with America Online as an Associate Quality Assurance Engineer.  He graduated from University of California, Santa Cruz with a Bachelor of Arts in Art.