Ryan Foster

Driving growth, innovation, value creation, and transformation across real estate, hospitality, customer experience (CX), and PropTech/AI as executive, entrepreneur, and teaming partner. • Lead concept design, product roadmap, and commercialization strategy for AI-driven market analytics PropTech venture from inception. • Led operating model and growth strategy as COO for real estate investment company, defining the expansion path across markets and service lines. • Designed the customer experience and operating model for an institutional grade residential OpCo/PropCo structure, including the scale up plan, investment thesis, and capital raise strategy. • Partnered with executive leadership teams to execute go to market strategy and revenue growth initiatives for real estate, hospitality, and travel organizations.

Executive leader in real estate, hospitality, and travel, owning initiatives that drive performance and value creation through new market opportunities, operational excellence, customer experience, and technology‑enabled (AI/PropTech) growth. I lead strategy and execution—translating data and market insight into sequenced priorities, aligning teams, and driving results through high‑performing strategy and operations talent.

Promoted to grow the Boston office, leading to projects of increasing scope and scale across real estate and hospitality. Expanded the generalist practice to include a formal strategy and operations practice focused on go-to-market (GTM) strategies, guiding investors, owners, and operators seeking to maximize their real estate potential.

Conducted comprehensive market research and valuation work to inform strategic development. Built and led a high-performing team, driving project management and execution across multiple initiatives. Performed market studies to identify growth opportunities and presented recommendations to senior leadership.

Provided real estate project development, consulting, and business advisory services to national developers focused on leveraging historic, new market, and low-income housing tax credits to finance projects. Collaborated with practice leadership to model various development scenarios; ensured strategic planning to maximize tax credit benefits and achieve ROI thresholds.

Supported and executed daily project management strategies across the full life cycle of real estate development projects, designing project concepts, performing financial and market feasibility analyses, and collaborating with firm principals and key stakeholders. Underwrote new development opportunities.