Executive Profile: Ryan Pape put skin in the game for company that puts ‘skin’ on cars

Keep an eye out for HBJ’s March 24 interview with XFL Houston Roughnecks President Brian Cooper. That episode, which was recorded prior to the XFL’s March 13 announcement that the remainder of the season would be canceled, will focus on the league’s rapid rise in popularity, recruitment techniques and where it stands in a market full of professional teams.

When Ryan Pape returned to XPEL Inc. to become president and CEO in February 2009, having left the year before under the previous CEO, he…