# Ryan Dawson

> Ryan Dawson is the Houston-based founder and CEO of Corva, which develops real-time analytics and predictive drilling software for oil and gas well construction. Previously a co-founder of product design incubator thirteen23, he has argued for combining software expertise with oilfield knowledge and giving engineers tools to build their own applications.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Corva
- **Organizations:** Corva, thirteen23
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Corva, an energy software company with international operations., Previously co-founded thirteen23, whose work included mobile strategy for the Obama campaign., Corva was selected for the 2026 CERAWeek Energy Innovation Pioneers program.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2014** — Co-founded product design incubator thirteen23, whose clients included Netflix, Microsoft and Twitter.
- **2014** — Founded Corva; marked its tenth anniversary on December 9, 2024.
- **2018** — Corva commercially launched its drilling platform.
- **2019** — Corva introduced its completions platform.
- **2020** — Published The Oilfield Innovation Model Is Broken, advocating cooperation between software startups and oilfield companies.
- **2021** — Corva introduced Dev Center; Dawson wrote about self-service engineering software.
- **2023** — Corva announced technology collaborations with Baker Hughes and Nabors.
- **2025** — Corva and Nabors expanded their alliance with RigCLOUD Powered by Corva.
- **2026** — Corva announced its CERAWeek Energy Innovation Pioneers selection and an Oliasoft integration.

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Corva, an energy software company with international operations.
- Previously co-founded thirteen23, whose work included mobile strategy for the Obama campaign.
- Corva was selected for the 2026 CERAWeek Energy Innovation Pioneers program.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Corva and Oliasoft announced a bidirectional integration linking well design, live operations and post-well learning, with customer pilots being prepared.
- **2026-03** — Corva announced its selection for CERAWeek’s 2026 Energy Innovation Pioneers program and Dawson’s planned participation in AI-focused sessions.
- **2025-04** — Corva and Nabors expanded their alliance through RigCLOUD Powered by Corva.

## Links

- Website: https://www.corva.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-dawson-605a812

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Last updated: 2026-10-25