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Dede Ryan

Director at Benchmark International

Tampa, FL Website +1 512 347 2000
Updated September 2026

About

Dede Ryan serves as Director at Benchmark International, leading financial analysts who prepare marketing materials for business owners. She focuses on clients in the low to middle markets. She and the Austin Transaction Support Team work with manufacturing, technology, logistics, construction, and health/medical businesses. Her team coordinates due diligence and legal efforts after bringing buyers and sellers together. She developed her corporate accounting background through controller roles at small businesses across several industries. She worked for a restaurant group in Tulsa, an advertising firm, and a technology startup in Austin. Before joining Benchmark International, she assisted the University of Texas with risk and insurance management. She draws on that accounting experience to understand corporate structures and valuation.

Who is a good fit for Dede Ryan

  • Owners of manufacturing businesses seeking transaction support through a sale.
  • Founders of software development or technology businesses preparing to sell their companies.
  • Sellers in the low to middle markets seeking coordination of due diligence and legal efforts after matching with buyers.

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Dede Ryan works with business owners in the low to middle markets. She and the Austin Transaction Support Team handle manufacturing, software development, technology, logistics, construction, and health/medical businesses. She also has sector experience through the Austin team's work with oil and gas businesses.

Dede Ryan leads financial analysts who create marketing materials for clients selling their businesses. She guides a team that coordinates due diligence and legal efforts after bringing a buyer and seller together. She supports owners through the broader mergers and acquisitions process.

Dede Ryan held controller positions with a Tulsa restaurant group, an advertising firm, and an Austin technology startup. She later assisted the University of Texas with risk and insurance management before joining Benchmark International. She applies her small business accounting background to corporate structures and valuation.

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