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Ryan has over a decade of experience in forensic accounting, auditing, compliance and monitoring, remediation, and litigation support matters. He has led investigations and white-collar defense matters involving a range of topics including revenue recognition, earnings management, EPS manipulation, and pull-forward sales. He has also led DOJ-appointed independent compliance auditor and multiple SEC-appointed independent compliance consultant engagements in the automotive and financial services industries.

Prior to joining AlixPartners, Ryan was a managing director in the compliance and forensic accounting practices at a global consulting firm. He began his career as a financial statement and internal control auditor at Deloitte.

Key Engagements:

  • Led multiple audit committee investigations into whistleblower allegations of accounting fraud relating to revenue recognition and earnings management.
  • Assisted counsel in defending the former CFO of a consumer products company in an SEC fraud matter involving various alleged earnings management schemes including bill-and-hold transactions.
  • Performed an audit committee investigation into short seller allegations of accounting fraud relating to earnings management, revenue recognition, and expense issues.
  • Assisted counsel in defending the former CFO of an information technology company in an SEC litigation matter relating to revenue recognition and internal control issues.
  • Led the DOJ-appointed Independent Compliance Auditor team for a Big Three automotive company responsible for auditing the Company's technical emissions compliance and ethics and compliance programs.
  • Led four SEC-appointed Independent Compliance Consultant matters evaluating the electronic communications compliance programs of broker dealers and investment advisors in response to SEC settlements relating to off-channel communications.
  • Assisted a Japanese materials manufacturing company in testing the remediation of its quality compliance program in the context of a U.S. government investigation of a large-scale data integrity fraud.