Ryan has been a board member of Hively since 2012 and currently serves as the Treasurer. He was born in Denmark, raised in South Africa, and has visited or lived on almost every continent. After graduating from the University of Stellenbosch with a degree in Financial Accounting, Ryan spent the next few years touring the world during which he met his wife, Christy while working on a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico. When not working, Ryan is likely to be on the side of a rugby field coaching Bay Area youth or somewhere in Northern California on a mountain bike.