About "About Me" Pages
I struggle with the "right" way to introduce myself on the web. So many sites or social media focus on career, education, etc. But is that really what defines us?
This section could change often. Just depends on how long I can stand the current version.
Who is Ryan?
This is me, enjoying a beer at Rainier Growlers in 2016.
Places I've spent some time:
- Lake Tapps, WA
- Pullman, WA
- Puyallup, WA
- Tacoma, WA
- Redding, CA
- Spokane, WA <--- this is where I live now!
Things I've done:
- Met my future wife in Pullman, WA 2008
- Earned my BS from WSU in 2012
- Married my wife in 2014
- Bought our first house, also in 2014
- Ran the Seattle Marathon in 2015
- Sold our first house and bought another in 2016
- Had our first child in 2018
- Worked for Boeing, in a variety of engineering roles, between 2012 and 2019
- Sold our second house and bought another in 2019
- Moved to northern California in 2019
- Somewhat unknowingly, began a career change in 2019
- Had our second child in 2020
- Pandemic 2020
- Sold our 3rd house and bought our 4th in 2021
- Moved back to my favorite state, calling Spokane, Washington home in 2021
- Began working for local public health in 2022
- Lost a parent in 2024
- Earned my MPH from EWU in 2024
- Joined Spokane 350's Board
- Created this site in 2024
- Got a tattoo in 2024
This page is in-work, indefinitely