Our Team
Ryan Kahn
Co-Founder & CEO
Ryan started this company with a vision— to create unforgettable experiences combining physical and digital worlds. Ryan believed there must be a better way to seamlessly combine digital media and physical items. He realized NFC technology could create emotional, personalized, nearly magical experiences without using QR codes that can detract from otherwise memorable moments.
Ryan graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor’s degree in linguistics and minors in both psychology and speech & hearing sciences. He has a broad range of experience, having worked as a paralegal in the Asset Management group at Willkie Farr & Gallagher (NY), becoming both a licensed real estate salesperson and a licensed EMT, and earning a spot on Team USA Triathlon, competing in Australia at the ITU World Triathlon Championship.
Debbie Kahn
Co-Founder, COO & GC
From frequent conversations about NFC technology, Debbie quickly realized the potential of digitally enhanced products to preserve and share cherished moments. Debbie has extensive experience working with companies in the areas of capital formation, acquisitions and general corporate matters. Prior to joining RainDrops Media, she worked as an attorney at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (New York) in their financial institutions group. Debbie previously was a consultant to Archon Advisors, LLC, which advises FinTech and emerging technology companies focused on the convergence of traditional and digital markets. Before her time at Archon Advisors, she was an attorney in the corporate groups at both Kaye Scholer Fierman Hays & Handler (New York) and Finn Dixon & Herling (Stamford, CT).
Debbie received her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and is admitted in both Connecticut and New York. She received a bachelor’s degree in business management with a concentration in marketing from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
ADVISORY TEAM
Ray Kahn
Strategic Advisor
Ray is excited to advise RaynDrops Media on their digitally connected products that can be easily and seamlessly accessed with just a tap. After a 25+ year career in traditional finance, Ray currently focuses on what he labels “Tradigital Markets” - the convergence of the best attributes of digital and physical markets. He is a Founder / Co-CEO of Xped Inc., which owns essential NFC IP and the Shomei platform that facilitates transfers of digital assets over the internet without intermediaries, friction, or costs. He is also the Head of Capital Markets for USREM that focuses on transacting fractionalized units of commercial real estate. Ray actively advises FinTech and capital markets startups and serves as a Global Blockchain Business Council Ambassador and a TiE NY Entrepreneurial Charter Member.
