Ryan is a senior advisor for Novak Druce + Quigg LLP, an intellectual property law firm, specializing in IP strategy, patent prosecution, and reexamination.

He has an AB from Harvard University in Biochemistry and a JD PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. His PhD, in Neurobiology, focused on developing viral gene therapies for neurodegenerative conditions – resulting in two patents and several publications. His JD focused on intellectual property law