Ryan Childress is a member of the Venture Fellows program at the McCombs School of Business / University of Texas. He is currently interning at VentureArchetypes.

Ryan joined Venture Fellows in the Fall of 2008 and is an MBA 2010 candidate focusing on Finance and Entrepreneurship. Prior to pursuing his MBA, Ryan was an Assistant Vice President at Madison Capital Funding LLC, a Chicago-based leveraged finance firm providing senior debt and equity co-investments for private equity buyout transactions.

While at Madison, Ryan’s responsibilities included deal structuring, due diligence management, and legal negotiation. Prior to joining Madison, Ryan worked at Comerica Bank as a commercial credit analyst specializing in middle-market and distressed debt financing.

Ryan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. He is member of the McCombs Admissions Committee, the Entrepreneurship Society, CleanTech Group, and the Sports, Entertainment & Media Association.

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