Retired from the FBI after 23 years of distinguished service as a Special Agent, Ryan brings a vast amount of experience leading and conducting investigations across a broad range of matters, including complex financial crime, money laundering/asset forfeiture, public corruption, violent crime, and drug trafficking.
Ryan served in the FBI’s field offices and resident agencies in Omaha, Nebraska; Kansas City, Missouri; Wichita, Kansas; and at FBI Headquarters in Washington DC.
In his role as an FBI Special Agent, Ryan conducted hundreds of witness interviews, both confrontational and nonconfrontational, and testified as a fact witness in numerous trials and other grand jury proceedings.
Ryan was a certified member of—and later the leader of—the FBI’s Cellular Analysis Survey Team (CAST). As a former member of CAST, Ryan is a recognized authority in the field of cellular records analysis and has testified as an expert witness in trials and other judicial proceedings in multiple states at both the state and federal levels.
During his FBI career, Ryan held additional duties as a firearms instructor, tactical instructor, police instructor, SWAT team member and sniper, and SWAT team leader.
Ryan’s work in the District of Kansas and the Western District of Missouri earned him the Guardian of Justice Award from both United States Attorneys’ Offices. Ryan is also the recipient of the FBI Medal for Meritorious Achievement as well as the FBI Medal of Excellence.
Prior to his career with the FBI, Ryan was a practicing CPA focused on audits of private and publicly traded corporations.