Ryan Rzepecki was born and raised in Erie, PA and is the founder and CEO of JUMP. Ryan has a BS in Marketing from Penn State University and a Masters in Urban Planning from Hunter College. He previously worked for the NYC Department of Transportation as a bike planner before founding JUMP in 2010. JUMP operates fleets of shared electric bikes for short trips within cities. Jump was acquired by Uber in May and is scaling globally. Ryan's passion is to apply technology to make urban transportation faster, more affordable, and convenient.