Bryan Bostic
President and CEO

Bryan Bostic is President and CEO of Visual Workforce. Prior to joining Visual Workforce, Bryan built the world’s top museum and visitor attraction ticketing company, 2b Technology Inc., which he sold to ticketing giant Ticketmaster in 2000. The company was processing over 100 million tickets annually at the time of the sale. He then acquired Smartbox, a small local startup that he grew into a nationwide business through franchising before selling the company to Sirva Worldwide in 2014. In 2016, he co-founded Startup Virginia – a highly acclaimed, non-profit startup incubator focused on developing high-growth, scalable companies.

Bryan is the recipient of numerous business leadership and entrepreneurship awards including 2009 Greater Richmond Entrepreneur of the Year (Richmond BizSense), 2008 Trailblazer Award (Venture Forum), and the Richmond Top 25 Entrepreneurs of the Last Quarter Century (Venture Forum). 

In addition to his role at Visual Workforce, Bryan is an active investor and mentor who serves on the boards of Activation Capital, Startup Virginia, James Madison University Center for Entrepreneurship, and Dominion Energy Innovation Center.

Bryan has a Bachelor of Business Administration from James Madison University and is a lifelong supporter of the Dukes. In his free time, he enjoys playing tennis, spending time with his wife and two sons, and slipping off to grab a beer at one of Richmond’s renowned breweries.