⁍ About Ryan Douglas
Growing Businesses.
Strengthening Operations.
Making Better Decisions.
I've spent nearly 30 years working inside commercial cultivation businesses and solving the kinds of problems that are difficult to appreciate from outside the operation.
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⁍ Meet Ryan Douglas
I started my career in commercial horticulture, growing and managing ornamental crops before moving into cannabis in 2013. As the first Head Grower at Canopy Growth, I helped convert a former Hershey chocolate factory into one of Canada's first federally licensed medical cannabis facilities and built the cultivation program for one of the industry's largest publicly traded companies.
I later spent years advising cannabis operators, investors, and entrepreneurs in the United States and internationally. My work has included new facility launches, operational improvement, due diligence, expansion planning, and helping leadership teams avoid expensive mistakes before capital was committed.
Most recently, I served as General Manager of a 40-acre hydroponic vegetable greenhouse in Maine. That experience reinforced something I've seen throughout my career: technology, capital, and good intentions are never substitutes for sound judgment and disciplined operations.
⁍ Why I Advise
I've worked across ornamental horticulture, cannabis, and food production.
I've been the grower, the general manager, the consultant, and the person responsible for making the operation perform.
Cultivation businesses rarely suffer from a shortage of products, technology, data, or opinions. The challenge is determining what actually matters, what doesn't, and what to do next.
Today, I serve as a strategic advisor to CEOs and business owners facing important decisions about profitability, operations, growth, and change.
My job isn't to run your business for you.
It's to bring an experienced outside perspective, ask the questions others may not be asking, challenge assumptions when necessary, and help you make better decisions before they become expensive mistakes.
If you're facing an important decision, operational challenge, or significant opportunity, let's talk.