Tom Ryan is Principal and Owner of Ryan Associates and has been responsible for innumerable projects throughout the greater Boston area and beyond for over 25 years. Mr. Ryan’s responsibilities on these and many other projects entails obtaining state and local approvals, overseeing project design, contract specifications, review of all contract documents, construction administration, and coordination of design issues with various disciplines. Prior to founding Ryan Associates, Tom was employed by many well-known Boston area firms including Hargreaves Associates where he was a managing partner, Sasaki Associates, Carol R Johnson Associates, the S.W.A. Group, and Burck-Ryan Associates. Tom is also active as a guest instructor and critic at various Universities including Harvard, SUNY, the BAC, RISD, Radcliffe and the University of Virginia.