Ryan has over 24 years of experience in financial services. He is the Co-founder & CEO of FA Match, a software company offering career management & succession planning to financial advisors and wealth management firms with over $1.5T in AUM registered on the platform.

Prior to FA Match, Ryan was the CEO of Finetooth Consulting, which provided transition consulting, outsourced recruiting and succession planning to the industry. He also served as an Executive for two independent broker dealers where he managed national recruiting and internal succession strategies. He began his career in Financial Services when he formed The Swivel Group, which was based in central Texas and operated as a boutique recruiting firm geared toward recruiting services for broker-dealers in the wire-house, bank, regional and independent spaces.

Since 2000, Ryan has managed and helped negotiate the transition of more than 1,000 financial advisors. He has worked hard to earn a reputation in the industry for his ethical approach to the business and his ability to generate new and innovative ideas around advisor transitions & succession planning.

When not doing his day-job, Ryan is actively supporting his three kids, including coaching his daughters lacrosse team. He is a former member of the Board of Directors for Riskalyze/Nitrogen, a FinTech company famously known for developing the risk tolerance score for investors. Ryan is active as a speaker and at conferences and has been quoted in industry publications such as WealthManagement.com, Financial Planning Magazine, InvestmentNews, RIABiz & On Wall Street.