Ryan is a Senior Investment Manager & Head of the Venture Capital Division at the State of Michigan Retirement System. He is responsible for evaluating direct, co-direct, and venture capital fund investment opportunities. Prior to joining the State of Michigan Retirement System, Ryan spent 15+ years working in the finance & technology sector – first as a sell-side software analyst at Morgan Stanley, then in corporate strategy and marketing roles at Oracle and SAP and most recently responsible for strategic partnerships with technology companies and the venture capital community at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. As a research analyst at Morgan Stanley, Ryan was part of the number-one ranked enterprise software research team in Institutional Investor’s All-America rankings from 1999 to 2003. Following Morgan Stanley, Ryan was Vice President of Business Strategy at Oracle Corporation, where he reported directly to President Charles Phillips and was responsible for strategic research that supported the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. In 2007, Ryan retuned to Morgan Stanley where he was a Vice President in the Institutional Equities Division. Previous to this, Ryan was Head of Planning and Strategy for the Global Field Marketing organization at SAP. In his most recent role, Ryan was Senior Vice President of the Technology Partnership Development team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In his role, Ryan was responsible for leveraging the technology organization's expertise, insights and relationships for client business development efforts with Investment Banking and Institutional Equities.