Ryan recently stepped away from a career in Finance in NYC to focus on family, health, entrepreneurship, and giving back.  Prior to spending four years on Wall Street, he started a bamboo watch company while a Senior at BYU-Hawaii, raising over $100,000 using crowdfunding.  Ryan earned his Bachelors of Science from BYU-Hawaii in Business Management, with an emphasis in Finance.  Additionally, he earned a Minor in Economics, completed an Entrepreneurship Certificate from the Willes Center, and served as the President of the BYU-Hawaii student chapter of the BYU Management Society.  He is currently an online instructor for the Willes Center, teaching ENTR 390R on Crowdfunding.