Ryan Begin is the cofounder and CEO of Divert, Inc., which provides an end-to-end solution that leverages data to prevent waste, facilitates edible food recovery to serve communities in need and converts any unsold food products into renewable energy.

Prior to his role at Divert, Begin was a senior systems engineer and laboratory manager at Raytheon, and a lead engineer at Proton Energy Systems (now Nel Hydrogen).

Begin holds a bachelor’s and a master’s in electrical engineering from Clarkson University.