February 2020.

After 13 years in power delivery, and advanced degrees in construction and business management, Ryan Townsend was ready to test his theories.

He theorized that successful projects focused on two things: people and communication. 

            “Often times a team is determined by who is available to do the project, who has the time in their schedule, and that’s the wrong way to do it. The better way to do it on successful projects is to ask, ‘Who wants to work on this project? Who desires to work on this project? Who makes up a good team?’ What’s important about communication is that people understand what actions they have to take and when they have to take them by. It’s a deliverable. Everyone sees the big picture but they know what specific role they have to play.”

Ryan Townsend

So Ryan and long-time colleague (and great friend) Ryan Robinson combined their academic and industrial knowledge and started Dagda.

Why Dagda? 

Dagda, an important father figure deity in Irish mythology, is portrayed as a giant, overweight, bearded man.

The physical similarity between Dagda and themselves was too funny to resist.

That’s really all it took to decide on the name “Dagda” for their venture. 

For what it’s worth, the deity Dagda brings order. 

He has a cauldron that never runs empty, a harp that never stops playing, and a staff that can bestow or take life.

In other words: he does it all.

Just like Ryan and Ryan.