Ryan Riggs was born and raised in Portland to schoolteacher parents who instilled a love of the outdoors. Growing up, he spent a lot of time in Utah and graduated from BYU with a degree in International Studies.

Riggs has 10 years of international business development experience at Columbia Sportswear and 5 years of outdoor product management at KEEN Footwear. More recently, he held a position as VP of Sports & Outdoor at Netrush and is currently the VP of Business Development at Pattern. Ryan continues to love the outdoors and is an avid skier, fly fisherman, and cyclist.