Jarret Ryan is the Chief Commercial Officer of Exigent, where he leads strategic selling and marketing across the platform’s national network of mechanical services companies. Since joining in 2023, he has driven key initiatives including the rollout of a unified Sales Playbook, the implementation of Salesforce as the enterprise CRM, and a cross-selling strategy that unlocks multi-OpCo collaboration. With over two decades of leadership in the Fire & Life Safety industry, Jarret brings a deep bench of experience scaling commercial and operational teams across multi-branch and national organizations.

Prior to Exigent, Jarret held executive roles at Protegis Fire & Safety and Summit Fire & Security—both private equity-backed—where he supported over 20 M&A transactions and played an active role in multiple exits, including PE-to-PE transitions. His early advancement into sales leadership paved the way for his appointment as President of ABCO Fire Protection’s construction division, where he helped triple the business. Jarret serves on multiple industry boards and holds certifications in sales effectiveness and executive leadership.