First and most important, my family, Lauren and I, married in May 2023 and currently live near Upper Arlington, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. We enjoy taking our pups, Chloe and Nora, to local parks letting them run and chase squirrels. You’ll also find us enjoying live music, and cheering on the Buckeyes or the Blue Jackets.
I take immense pride in serving our great nation and the community. This has led me to be a member of the Ohio Air National Guard. In addition I serve as the board President for my neighborhood condo association.
I graduated with my Masters in Business Administration from Franklin University in 2011 and then worked in various analyst and finance roles for Fortune 500 companies. I enjoyed those roles and still felt drawn toward doing more and going deeper. I watched Lauren take a leap and become an independent hair stylist in 2021 after working for a premier corporate salon. Lauren loves doing hair, not accounting, and so I offered to help keep the books, discovering a new passion in the process.
While helping Lauren and speaking with other small business owners, I saw with new eyes how much owners got pulled away from their families and doing what they love. After many long conversations reflecting on this and a few glasses of bourbon, The Stave Group was born.
Hi there, I’m Ryan! Here’s a bit about me.
I was born in Iowa and raised in Ohio. After high school, where Matt and I first became friends, I moved to Cincinnati to study accounting and vocal performance at Xavier University. Accounting and opera, a likely combination, right?
Well, I am equal parts passionate and practical. Music, like everything, has elements of business to it, and it pays to be well versed (pun intended) in both. Music remains one of my biggest passions and I still sing with the Columbus Symphony Chorus.
I worked in public accounting and consulting after Xavier with a variety of clients in industries both simple and complex. I discovered quickly what did and did not work to make businesses successful. Between this experience and more than a decade of accounting, finance and strategy roles with top consulting and Fortune 15 pharmaceutical firms across the country and world, I wanted to channel that experience in a more people focused way.
After helping Matt and his wife Lauren set up her independent hair care business and think through different facets of business planning, it occurred to me there might be something here. Over a number of continuing conversations and a few shared bourbons, Matt and I decided to take our mutual love of helping others, shared accounting, finance, and strategy experience, and start the Stave Group.
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