Ryan holds a PhD in Business Administration from Washington State University. Ryan’s research interests include cybersecurity and privacy, diffusion of innovations and digital entrepreneurship. Ryan has published over 48 peer-reviewed papers. Also, his research on cybersecurity has been funded by the State of Massachusetts and the National Science Foundation. He currently serves as Vice President for the Association of Information Systems, Associate Editor for the European Journal of Information Systems, and is on the editorial board for the Journal of the Association for Information Systems.