Ryan loves music and the outdoors. He grew up playing primarily the oboe and saxophone but also learned the piano and clarinet. Music brings out the positive vibes in his life as does hiking, biking, camping, and running. He also has a passion for personal finances and has since a young age. After ten years in accounting, he shifted the focus of that passion to helping others make smart financial decisions and optimize their positive impact with money.

His path to First Pacific started at the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University with a Bachelor’s in Accounting and Master’s in Accountancy. He went from there to Silicon Valley as an auditor for tech giants such as Symantec and Apple. His next stop was at Dolby Laboratories in San Francisco to manage revenue accounting. Even though he enjoys spreadsheets and numbers, he was missing the key ingredient of applying his financial knowledge to help improve someone’s personal situation. After many years in Utah and California, he now considers the Pacific Northwest his home and enjoys all the beauty that the area has to offer with his wife and four daughters.