Ryan leads EY's West region Technology Consulting practice for combating risk and financial crime. He is responsible for the overall go-to-market strategy, including executive account management, partner alliances, product development, and client delivery for Banking & Capital Markets, Payments, and Crypto clients. As a technology innovation leader, Ryan prioritizes the use of cutting-edge tools like artificial intelligence to develop solutions that address complex challenges, including the Risk, Regulatory, Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorist Financing, Customer Due Diligence, Know Your Customer, Fraud, Sanctions, and Cyber domains.In addition to leading the West region, Ryan serves as the Communication’s Leader across the 130-person national practice, sharing market insights and best practices within the financial and technology ecosystems.Through collaboration, innovation, and a relentless focus on delivering results, Ryan is dedicated to helping clients stay ahead of emerging risks and driving organizational change through transformation.

• Led and served as captain in 2018 workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, responsible for a group of 10 leaders leading a group of 60 students in Nairobi, Kenya.• Led workshop in 2017 for 100+ college students in Faridabad, India, and served as keynote speaker in a Technology and Innovation forum.--------------------The Global Economic Awareness Project is a US-based nonprofit launched in 2015 to bring economic literacy to young students worldwide. Our vision is to foster economic literacy worldwide. We select high-achieving young professionals and university students to lead free workshops for students in underserved communities.Our GEA Workshop addresses critical real-world economic issues through a unique hypothesis-based problem solving approach. Our workshop enables students to think critically about important economic questions that affect their everyday lives in an interactive and engaging way.The GEA Workshops have helped hundreds of students around the world to boost their academic performance and jumpstart a successful career. We have built a strong global network that supports highly motivated youth through significant milestones of their academic and professional development such as applying to university or securing their first job.Global Economic Awareness Project, Inc. is incorporated in the State of Massachusetts and recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit by the United States Department of Treasury.

• Selected for high-profile anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing global program roll-out at large international investment bank. Successfully designed an industry-leading target operating model and implemented a new transaction monitoring system globally, resulting in strengthened global compliance monitoring capabilities.• Led the global coordination effort for the 40-country roll-out, overseeing a large cross-functional team consisting of local and service delivery center resources. Successfully managed key stakeholders and ensured timely delivery of project milestones, contributing to the overall success of the program.• Served as the principal lead of the Data Quality Management Framework, owning the data quality program and delivering over 25 project-critical deliverables. This included business and data requirements, data quality, mapping, lineage, and detection scenarios. These efforts led to significant improvements in data quality and integrity, resulting in more accurate and effective decision-making processes.

• As Acting Manager, led a Foreign Corrupt Practice Act engagement for a large FinTech. Served as the primary developer, successfully connecting 26 disparate data sources to form a cohesive Anti-Bribery and Corruption monitoring dashboard in Tableau. The targeted analytics resulted in enhanced compliance monitoring capabilities and strengthened risk management.• Developed an Initial Public Offering (IPO) Tracking dashboard in Qlikview for the Capital Markets Advisory team, leveraging advanced analytics to combine internal tracking and publicly available data. This dashboard is now utilized globally by the Capital Markets Partner group and has significantly improved the tracking and analysis of IPO market activity.

• Led the development and implementation of Data Visualization training for a 600+ member IT advisory practice, while managing the corporate relationship with Tableau. This initiative enabled the practice to better leverage data insights and drive impactful outcomes for clients.• Served as project lead on multiple Fraud analytical engagements for large Financial Service clients, delivering targeted scenarios and dashboards using SQL and Tableau to detect fraud and mitigate high-risk behaviors. These efforts led to significant improvements in fraud detection and prevention capabilities.• Designed and implemented several large-scale Data Migration projects resulting from acquisitions, driving operational transformation across complex systems. These projects enabled the seamless integration of acquired businesses and contributed to the overall success of the company's growth strategy.