Background
Kevin Ryan is the senior vice president/chief financial officer (CFO) of
Merit Energy Company, a private oil and gas company in Dallas, Texas. Over the
past 19 years at Merit, he has also held positions in the business development
area (acquisitions/divestitures) as well as spending 4.5 years running an
operations division.
As CFO, Mr. Ryan oversees the risk management area (insurance and hedging)
in addition to the accounting, tax, treasury, and information technology
areas.
Mr. Ryan received his bachelor of business administration degree in
accounting from the University of Texas at Austin and his master of business
administration degree from the University of Texas at Dallas. He is a certified
public accountant registered in the state of Texas.