Larry Ryckman is co-founder and CEO of audio technology company AfterMaster Audio Labs, headquartered in Hollywood, California. Larry Ryckman’s firm won three awards in the 2016 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for its AfterMaster Audio technology.A product of thousands of hours of dedicated work, AfterMaster is a pioneering and cutting-edge audio technology intended for audio processing, mastering, and re-mastering. The technology boosts volume while delivering unmatched imaging, depth, and clarity without influencing high and low frequencies or increasing distortion. AfterMaster brings depth and imaging to digital audio, which is characterized by its flat field of sound. Company engineers prioritized on an audio event’s core elements and discovered a new channel to deliver an audio experience that has never been produced before. As testament to its effectiveness, the technology has received overwhelming industry support, been used to engineer and master platinum records, and enabled the company to enter various strategic partnerships. Aside from its current use by professional mastering engineers for many of the world’s established artists and used by independent artists, the technology also is targeted for consumer hardware devices.
Accomplished entrepreneur and audio engineer expert Larry Ryckman co-founded AfterMaster Audio in 2006 with Shelly Yakus. Prior to establishing the award-winning audio technology business, Larry Ryckman served as owner, president, and CEO of the Calgary Stampeders, a popular Canadian Football League (CFL) team, from 1991-96 and won the Grey Cup Championship in 1992.Many prominent quarterbacks have played for the Stampeders since the team's inception in 1945. Veterans Doug Flutie and Jeff Garcia both played for Larry Ryckman's team and also established themselves in the National Football League. The team's current quarterback, Bo Levi Mitchell, is hoping to follow the same career trajectory. The 26-year-old Texas native and Eastern Washington alum made his CFL debut with the Stampeders in 2012 but spent the year primarily as a backup. He made his first career start the following year against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and threw for three touchdowns in a 37-24 Stampeders win. He hasn't looked back since, becoming one of the league's most dominant quarterbacks. This past season, he threw for 32 touchdowns and only eight interceptions and was named the league's Most Outstanding Player, a year after finishing as a runner-up for the award. He also was awarded the Stampeders' Community Service Award for his charitable work in Southern Alberta.
