Since graduating from Texas Tech University, Ryan has owned and operated several small businesses, served as Creative Director for a hospitality company, and overseen operations in product development, additive manufacturing, and medical device engineering firms. Ryan currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of MedtoMarket, Inc, a 32,000 square-foot facility in Austin, Texas focused on medical innovation, featuring large bioskills training labs, events, and coworking space for the life sciences.