Ryan is a doctoral student in Harvard Business School’s Technology and Operations Management unit. He specializes in the areas of innovation and technology strategy. Recently his research has focused on Artificial Intelligence: the process by which new AI technology is produced, how it is adopted in incumbent organizations (and to what effect), and how management and economics researchers can better use tools from machine learning to conduct empirical and exploratory research. He is also interested in studying the emergence and influence of Chinese technology companies.

Prior to joining HBS, Ryan worked at Amazon, did strategy consulting for L-3 Technologies, and managed an international team for several years at a nonprofit dedicated to building positive online content. He graduated from Brigham Young University summa cum laude with a BS in Economics and minors in Mathematics and Strategy. As an undergraduate he collaborated with his professors to publish several environmental health papers, and developed working papers in both strategy and behavioral economics. Ryan also spent two years living in Taiwan as a full-time service missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Outside of work, Ryan enjoys spending time exploring Boston with his wife and twin babies.