Ryan has a BA in Film Production from the School of Visual Arts, has been studying the Fine and Applied Arts for over three decades, and was a staff writer and editor on Architecture and Design for @home magazine for several years. He has guided tours of the Art and Architecture of Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall, was an educator at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and the New York Transit Museum, and was one of a small team chosen to inaugurate the first seasons at One World Observatory as an expert on Arts and Culture. He is currently a resident expert on the Art, Architecture, and Acoustics at Lincoln Center and developing new content for Interboro Tours.