Ryan Given performs work in planning, organizing, directing and coordinating the financial activities of the Knowledge Enterprise. These duties include strategic financial planning, forecasting, accounting, human resources administration (hiring/onboarding), staff supervision, internal controls/procedures and procurement for the Institute.
Ryan grew up a Sun Devil fan and attended college at Arizona State University. Upon graduation, he spent a year in the mortgage industry before joining ASU full time. Ryan was hired by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dean's office with the space management and planning team where he worked for a year. He then moved into the financial area where he has worked for the Knowledge Enterprise Development and now the Biodesign Institute.