Ryan came to Bascom Palmer from the UHealth Department of Information Technology where he served as executive director of business strategy and operations. Prior to joining UM, Ryan held leadership positions at Baylor College of Medicine, LabCorp, Quest Diagnostics, and he served in the US Army as a Combat Medic. He earned a BS in Neuroscience and Microbiology and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst as well as a graduate certificate in business analytics from Cornell University. He is certified by the Health Information and Management Systems Society (CPHIMS), has earned a Lean Sigma Black Belt certification (LSSBB), and is certified in multiple Epic EMR modules.