I was room mates with Ryan when he started OCZ, before the official start. He asked me to go in on the business with him but he had just been through three failed attempts, and I said no thank you. At that time he was also my AA sponsor. I really wish I could go back and get in on day one of OCZ. The business grew fast and our lives went separate ways but he asked me about six months later to help him, but this time as an employee since he had a handful of other people and was already making far beyond expectations. I turned him down again (crap). All he wanted was help fabricating heat sinks and I was good with metal. My little brother ended up working for him for a while when OCZ was run out of the back of a computer store in Boise, Idaho off of Overland. He was a good guy and treated others fairly. I could tell some stories but....nah