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Sharon Lubrano Has Spent a Career Making Complicated Data Useful
Before taking charge of Gordian's global marketing, Sharon Lubrano learned the business from the product inward - from Lawyers.com and Bowker to a Revit app, recruiting software and corporate learning. Her career is a study in making specialist information easier to find, understand and use.
Ryan Buckley
Ryan Buckley is the Co-Founder and CEO of Shovels, a Lafayette, California-based startup that turns fragmented government building permit records into a searchable intelligence layer for the construction and climate tech industries. Armed with degrees from UC Berkeley, MIT Sloan, and Harvard Kennedy School, Buckley spent years building parallel B2B ventures before co-founding Shovels in 2022 with Luka Kacil. The company now processes 180+ million building permits, covers 30 million US addresses, and raised a $5M seed round in June 2025 led by Base10 Partners. A prolific blogger, part-time college professor, and author of 'The Parallel Entrepreneur,' Buckley is building what he calls the 'Pitchbook for the construction industry.'