Ryan has more than 25 years of private equity investing experience. He is a co-founder, managing partner and CEO at Rallyday Partners, a lower middle market investment firm and co-founder of the Colorado Impact Fund, a Denver-based social impact fund 

Previously, Ryan was the CEO and Chairman of EVP Eyecare, a regional provider of surgical eye care with operations in Arizona, Colorado and Texas.  Prior to his leadership role with EVP Eyecare, Ryan co-founded Excellere Partners, a private equity fund with approximately $1.3 billion of capital under management.

Ryan is a two-time Olympian (skiing), the Chairman of CiviCO, a Denver-based leadership development organization, a founding board member of Endeavor Global/Colorado and sits on the Board of Trustees at the University of Denver.