Chris Ryan is the CEO and founder of Greylock Insight. A graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and a certified Physical Security Professional, Chris brings the acumen of a highly skilled investigative attorney to the discipline of risk management.

For twenty years, Chris served as an assistant district attorney at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, rising to become Chief of the Violent Criminal Enterprises Unit. For close to a decade, Chris led an elite unit of prosecutors responsible for dismantling highly sophisticated criminal enterprises, including interstate gun traffickers, major narcotics organizations, and criminal street gangs. Chris has personally conducted hundreds of highly confidential, complex and sensitive investigations, and has managed countless crisis situations, from bombings and kidnappings, to police-involved shootings and high-profile homicides.

After leaving public service, Chris led domestic and international security engagements for a premier risk management firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London and Tel Aviv. As head of the Strategic Risk & Security Practice, Chris designed state-of-the-art physical security and internal quality assurance programs to manage individual and institutional risk for clients across the business spectrum.

Chris has personally conducted integrity monitoring and physical security risk assessments for international law firms, multinational corporations and leading cultural institutions. He has served as the security advisor for presidential campaign events, Emmy and Grammy-winning artists and Fortune 500 companies. Chris has led internal fraud and corruption investigations for high net-worth individuals, family offices, and state-owned enterprises in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.