PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE

• Principal and Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Operations, Ryan, Dallas office
  • Specializes in managing and providing state and local tax services for all service lines.
• Co-author, TEX-TAX ^SM, The Texas Sales and Use Tax Expert System
  
  • Tax research software used by industry to make sales and use tax decisions, formerly used by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Mr. Ridgely lectures to graduate students at The University of Texas at Arlington on state and local tax matters. Additionally, Mr. Ridgely has appeared as a speaker for numerous organizations including the following:

• American Petroleum Institute
• Dallas/Fort Worth State Tax Association
• Institute for Professionals in Taxation
• National Business Institute
• Tax Executives Institute
• Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
  
  • Dallas, East Texas, El Paso, Fort Worth, and Houston Chapters

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Dallas/Fort Worth State Tax Association
• Institute for Professionals in Taxation
• Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants

EDUCATION/ACCREDITATION

• Master of Professional Accounting Degree (Emphasis in Taxation), The University of Texas at Austin
• Bachelor of Business Administration Degree, Accounting, The University of Texas at Austin
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Licensed in Texas
  (Ryan is not a CPA firm.)