Speaker

Ryan has 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience in a variety of corporate and field roles with blue chip companies such as Sephora, Toyota, and Shell Oil. Ryan joined Sephora nearly three years ago as HR business leader to launch a new Southeast distribution division in Olive Branch, MS (greater Memphis area) which services Sephora’s e-commerce and retail stores. As part of the Southeast launch, Ryan championed a large scale PWD hiring initiative modeled after Walgreens, leading Sephora’s Olive Branch location to hire more PWD’s than any employer in the history of Mississippi, earning Sephora “Employer of the Year” honors from the state. He recently relocated to Las Vegas to open Sephora’s new Western region distribution hub and implement a similar PWD hiring initiative. Ryan has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a master’s degree in Human Resources & Labor Relations, both from Michigan State University. He is originally from Michigan and married to his wife Sofia. They have one child, a nine-month old son named Rickey.