# Ryan McMahan

> Ryan McMahan is a Nashville-based music executive, artist manager and the co-founder and CEO of Oath Management. He founded the company with veteran label executive Larry Pareigis in 2019, helped guide country artist Reyna Roberts through a pandemic-era breakthrough, took full ownership of Oath in 2023 and has since articulated a management model built around mentorship, entrepreneurship and careers that extend beyond recorded music.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Oath Management
- **Organizations:** Oath Management, RSK Music Group, R+D Artist Group
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Central College
- **Known for:** Co-founded Oath Management in 2019 and became its sole owner in 2023., Helped guide Reyna Roberts through her early Nashville breakthrough during the pandemic era., Has managed multi-platinum artists including STARSET, Blanco Brown and Saving Abel, according to Music Managers Forum-US.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2019** — Worked in artist management under the RSK Music Group name and was publicly credited with connecting rock band Cross the Divide to producer Noah Henson.
- **2019** — Co-founded Oath Management with Larry Pareigis, a former senior vice president at Sony Music Nashville.
- **2020** — Helped launch Reyna Roberts during the early pandemic period as her online performance gained support from Mickey Guyton and Carrie Underwood and her single “Stompin' Grounds” reached ESPN's Monday Night Football.
- **2021** — Appeared with Roberts and the Oath team at her worldwide publishing agreement signing with Eclipse Music Group.
- **2023** — Took full ownership of Oath Management and expanded its focus across genres and into broader business development for artists.
- **2025** — Joined an artist-management and legal collaboration panel at the 2112 Creator House during SXSW and was announced for the Music Managers Forum-US Manager Masterclass in Atlanta.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Oath Management in 2019 and became its sole owner in 2023.
- Helped guide Reyna Roberts through her early Nashville breakthrough during the pandemic era.
- Has managed multi-platinum artists including STARSET, Blanco Brown and Saving Abel, according to Music Managers Forum-US.
- Built Oath around a mentorship model intended to help artists and managers operate as entrepreneurs across music and adjacent industries.
- Has been invited to speak with other artist managers about long-term career development and manager-artist relationships.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Announced as a featured panelist for the Music Managers Forum-US Manager Masterclass at the AIMP/MMF-US Atlanta Summit.
- **2025-03** — Participated in a 2112 Creator House panel during SXSW on collaboration between artists, managers and lawyers.
- **2023** — Took full ownership of Oath Management and broadened the company's genre and cross-industry focus.

## Links

- Website: https://www.oathmanagement.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-mcmahan-b8b10651

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Last updated: 2026-09-27