Ryan has more than 20 years of professional experience and spent almost a decade in the U.S. Army, earning two Purple Hearts. After his military career, he worked as a contractor for the government, providing anti-terrorism and counter insurgency training for the different branches of the U.S. military and foreign militaries. He conducted intelligence, counter terrorism, counter piracy, and foreign advisor operations across five continents. Ryan leverages his comprehensive background and certifications to provide various types of security assessments, CPTED design services, security design, crisis management, active assailant, life safety, and enterprise-wide security and risk management services. He earned the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Professional Designation (CPD) through the National Institute of Crime Prevention, and has been named to the top 40 under 40 lists of Building Design+Construction, Security Systems News, and ENR Texas & Louisiana magazines.