About Ryan Byrd
I'm originally from Virginia, but moved to Utah a while back. I like sports, but I'm not much of a spectator (my ADD doesn't allow for that)-- I'm more of a doer than a watcher-- stuff like rock climbing, snowboarding, kayaking, caving, triathloning(?), mountain biking, trail running, etc. If you must know, when I do get around to working, I work as a something of a creative business analyst-- I am good at designing technical solutions to hard problems. What else? I enjoy controversy, good conversations, great food, foreign movies and clever people. I love to travel, weightlift, run 5ks and play the piano. I've braved the catacombs of Paris, swashbuckled through the pristine jungles of Costa Rica and careened on a scooter around downtown Taipei in the rain. I paintball, scuba dive, rollerblade, eat sushi and write poetry. I've taught college classes, raced in a Porsche, written a book, had Lasik eye surgery, been shot in the leg, consulted Fortune 500 companies, run a marathon without training, called an auction, emceed a robot soccer competition and had a root canal in Switzerland.
I graduated from
BYU with a bachelors in Computer Engineering and the University of Utah with an MBA. I served an
LDS mission in Geneva Switzerland. I've taught at
UVSC on and off for the past few years. I'm fascinated by artificial intelligence and robots. I enjoy track and field, building things, drawing and painting, everything outdoors, and watching the World's Strongest Man Competitions on ESPN.