About
Built by people who’ve
turned the wrenches
The opportunity isn’t smarter diagnostics — it’s making the entire maintenance operation coherent. Wastegate turns institutional knowledge and luck into a single, compliance-aware system of record.
The mission
Make the entire operation coherent
The opportunity isn’t smarter diagnostics — it’s making the entire maintenance operation coherent. Wastegate turns institutional knowledge and luck into a single, compliance-aware system of record.
The founders
Meet the team behind Wastegate Technologies, LLC
Cliff Ryan
Founder & CEO — USMC veteran
Aviation Maintenance Instructor and Technician with 35 years in the industry who has owned a shop and a flight school. Built the platform end to end — a domain expert, not a software company guessing at the domain.
Rebecca Ryan, MBA
Co-Founder — service-disabled Navy veteran
20 years in business operations and management (ERA Helicopters, Ford). Serial founder who has started and run several businesses alongside Cliff.
Veteran-owned
Veteran-owned and SDVOSB-eligible — opening federal set-aside contracting.
The market
A large, underserved market
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