Ryan oversees model development, signal research and alpha generation processes for NISA’s quantitative equity strategies.
Prior to joining NISA in 2025, he was a member of the Multi-Asset Strategies Group at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. He was the head of research for quantitative equity efforts and served as a member of the investment committee for the Multi-Asset Strategies Group. During his tenure, he co-led efforts to launch the first internally managed equity market-neutral strategy in 2015, which evolved into an equity extension program surpassing $25 billion in assets under management by 2025. He has more than 10 years of experience managing beta-one and market-neutral strategies.
Ryan earned a B.S. in civil engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an M.S. in geotechnical engineering and an MBA from Rice University.