Ryan co-founded Inkwell Partners in 2017 and is responsible for asset management, financing, and investor relations. Prior to Inkwell, Ryan ran his own real estate consulting firm, Book Street Development, focusing on development and asset management in the Bay Area. He previously worked on the acquisitions team for Bedrock Detroit and spent the initial years of his career with CRC Companies and Clark Energy Group in Arlington, VA, where he was the project manager for ground-up, mixed-use development projects and rehabs of existing commercial buildings, including The Hyde in Clarendon in Arlington, VA.
He received his BA in Economics and Government from Harvard University and an MBA with distinction from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University with a focus on real estate and finance. He is a Michigan native and currently lives in downtown Detroit.