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Breaking Ground , Breaking the Mold
Dan Pearlson and Mark Ryan .
Ranger Scientific Team Invests in West Virginia
Perseverance and grit are hallmarks of the Mountaineer spirit . While Daniel Pearlson and Mark Ryan are Mountaineers by choice — not by birth — they have demonstrated enduring perseverance and grit in their commitment to West Virginia over the last five years . Their investments in the Mountain State span industries , from entrepreneurship , manufacturing and job creation to education , philanthropy and community building . These investments in the state ’ s greatest resource — its people — are breaking the mold for what ’ s possible and what ’ s expected in the Upper Kanawha Valley and beyond .
Choosing West Virginia
Pearlson is the CEO of the ammunition manufacturing company Ranger Scientific . He relocated to Charleston , WV , in 2018 from Pacific Palisades , CA . His list of accomplishments is vast . A serial entrepreneur , inventor and technologist , he has been engaged in the development of national security infrastructure and law enforcement and national defense technologies for almost 30 years .
One of his companies , Votan Research Corporation , developed advanced technologies for law enforcement and military applications licensed to the Raytheon Company . He served as the chief technology officer for remote data telemetry in support of the U . S . Department of Homeland Security ’ s Operation Golden Phoenix in 2010 , which simulated the detonation of a nuclear bomb in the San Fernando Valley . He also founded Sequent Technologies , Inc . and took the company public on the NASDAQ in 2003 , and he is the developer behind the first cellular live video streaming and vast scale visual information systems . These successes don ’ t even begin to scratch the surface of his resume .
Ranger Scientific ’ s director of business development , Ryan , has more than 25 years of business development and executive management experience that includes the banking , finance services , oil and gas and retail sectors . He formulated and served as president of the Clearview Mortgage Group , a small national mortgage bank headquartered in Fort Worth , TX . In addition to his commercial interests , Ryan is the director of the Heroes for Freedom and Liberty , a strategic advising member of the Project Bluelight Foundation and a board member for Wheelchairs for Warriors .
These accomplished men are the backbone of Ranger Scientific . A private startup company , Ranger is preparing to introduce harmonically tuned rifle ammunition into the U . S .’ $ 16 billion small arms and ammunition industry from right here in West Virginia .
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