Professional Business Networks was founded in 2005 in Napa, California by Ken Ryan.  We are in business to help you promote and build your business through finding you clients, customers and resources to succeed.  We teach you to network effectively, building rapport, relationships and friendships.  We provide our members many opportunities to participate in our meetings and networking events - it's not netsitting or neteating - it is networking.  We encourage our members to associate one on one outside of the bi-monthly meeting to learn how to better refer each other.

About Ken Ryan

Ken helped build 30 networking groups along the Colorado Front Range before moving from Colorado to California prior to founding Professional Business Networks. He believes that effective networking truly can be a resource for anything that you may need professionally and personally.

Ken has had many retail and management positions, from management at Toys R Us to owning, operating, and running 7 regional Subway Stores.  He has seen the power of positive marketing in every aspect of his life and has been directed to make many life changing decisions from referrals given by those whom he has met in various networking events. 

He uses his Business Management skills effectively through his effective marketing training, and constant generosity coupled with a strong desire to allow his success to rest in the success of those businesses whom he is committed to serve.

Ken enjoys meeting new members each week and is an example of service and compassion, as he and his son Patrick spend much of their free time engaged in improving the lives of all who know them.   

About Hugh Liddle

Hugh Liddle is a partner in Professional Business Networks and is responsible for marketing and membership development.  Hugh is also the founder and CEO of Red Cap Sales Training. His course material comes from 40 years experience in sales.

He has represented companies in the financial services, advertising, fitness, construction, and food industries. In addition to being an effective salesman, Hugh has also served as a sales manager and trainer for a number of the companies he has represented through the years.

Hugh is an accomplished speaker and trainer. He utilizes a combination of cutting-edge sales technique, motivation, and easy-going humor that make his classes both informative and fun. His courses deal with a successful sales attitude, as well as the techniques that produce more sales.

Hugh resides in Longmont, Colorado, with his wife Priscilla, Scrappy the dog, and Mooch the cat. He has six children and 12 grandchildren.

About Christina Packard

Christina Packard has been with PBN since it's origins in Northern Colorado.  She has watched the growth and success of the groups from its first meetings and is a strong believer in constantly connecting with those whom she is privileged to meet and then sharing their abilities with others who may be searching for their particular services.

She graduated with a degree in Organismal and Field Biology from the University of Northern Colorado the day before she married her sweetheart, Blake Packard, and enjoys the science of formulating relationships with hundreds of people that she contacts each week. 

When Christina is not networking with PBN, she fills her days trying to keep up with her 10 month old daughter, Etanelle, who certainly does not do any "net-sitting" but seems to be all about "net-eating!" 

Outside of being a full time mother, she enjoys teaching piano and french to students of all ages and loves any free time with her husband, exploring the fascinating world around her.