Ryan Companies US, Inc. promoted Mike Ryan, LEED AP, AIA, to director of architecture & engineering. He leads Ryan’s team of eight architects, four civil engineers, two landscape architects and two virtual building specialists in their efforts to realize their customer’s vision and needs through Ryan’s integrated project delivery system.
Ryan previously worked as a project manager and project architect for Robert A.M. Stern Architects, an architecture firm located in Manhattan. He worked extensively on institutional projects for customers such as the University of Virginia, Miami University, Marist College, Yale University and the University of Notre Dame. He also worked on a number of development-driven projects in Korea. Prior to that, Mike served as a project architect/site superintendent for Habitat for Humanity in Temuco, Chile in 2004. Mike Ryan is currently leading the design of the 222 Hennepin project, a mixed-use, multi-family development in downtown Minneapolis. BD+C
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