Ryan Smith co-founded Qualtrics in 2002 with the goal of making sophisticated research simple. He was named to Fortune's 2016 40 Under 40, a list of the most powerful, influential, and successful young people in business, and was listed as one of Forbes 'America's Most Promising CEOs Under 35' in 2013. Ryan is a graduate of Brigham Young University and is a frequent guest lecturer at Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Business and Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.