Ryan has 17 years of experience as an investor, entrepreneur and community builder. He has founded or co-founded many businesses, including Atlas Real Estate, a wellness-based social club Archipelago, and a new marketplace technology REACTIV.

His first business endeavor in 2004 was Scout Cleaning & Maintenance, an environmentally conscious cleaning service, and in 2005, he co-founded U.S. Capital, a private equity holding company that sold to Northport Investments in 2008. The sale opened the door for co-founding DP Assets, LLC, a real estate asset holding company for institutional investment that would purchase the investment firm, Atlas Real Estate, in 2013. 

Ryan is an expert in real estate investment, having purchased over 6,000 units of investment real estate in the last 10 years. He is also a speaker at real estate conferences and a regular contributor of articles and commentary about the real estate market and has commented or been featured in Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, The Denver Post, Investopedia, and other local and national publications. 

Ryan was a Denver Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree in 2017. He’s generously contributed to the Denver community for many years, having served on nonprofit boards focused on education and the environment. His commitment to stewardship empowers the team to serve others through paid monthly volunteer events. Team members fulfill their desire to create a more vibrant, connected and equitable community through Atlas Gives Back, deeply touching many Coloradans with their generosity and spirit of volunteerism. Community efforts are focused on ameliorating problems related to housing, children and education.