Ryan Ray

Ryan Ray is the CEO of R-Squared Global, War Room Media, and is an internationally-recognized media personality and geopolitical strategist. A fifteen-year veteran of the energyindustry, he has given presentations on the oil and gas industry in the US and internationally.

He has published articles in Right of Way Magazine, World Pipelines Magazine, and Xinhua which is the biggest and most influential media organization in China. During his tenure at R-Squared Global, Ryan led two teams that won international mapping competitions and mostrecently, was on the winning team at the 2019 George H.W. Bush Conference on US-ChinaRelations hackathon competition. In early 2020 he joined the Board of Advisors for the GeorgeH.W. Bush Foundation for US-China Relations and the US-China Coronavirus Action Network.

Also, Ryan has hosted the Texas Oil and Gas Podcast, Energy Week Podcast, and the Global

Energy Leaders Podcast, clocking over 600 hours of broadcasting expertise. In 2018, he co-authored Careers in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Handbook of Practical Advice and was alsorecognized with the “One to Watch” award at PEX 2018.

Professionally, Ryan has worked for R-Squared Global since 2005 and became the owner and CEO of R-Squared Global in 2019. In 2016 he founded War Room Media in hopes of bringing afresh perspective to the media landscape. Since 2014, Ryan has traveled to multiple countries

and consulted with industry leaders, ambassadors, and other government officials. He was honored to be an advisor to the COO of the Department of Energy for South Africa from 2015-2017.

His most recent project is a private newsletter where he gives an in-depth analysis of the geopolitical events of the day.

He makes his home in Granbury, TX, with his wife, a rambunctious puppy, and four even-more-rambunctious children.