Matthew Ryan

Matthew Ryan, Ph.D. has a diverse work experience in the gaming and marketing field. Matthew served as the Chief Marketing Officer at Boyd Gaming from March 2017 to present. Prior to this, they were the Senior Vice President, Relationship Marketing at Pinnacle Entertainment from June 2010 to March 2017. Matthew also worked at Caesars Entertainment Corporation as the Regional Vice President of Marketing from April 1998 to May 2010. Currently, they are an Instructor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas starting from July 2022.

Matthew Ryan, Ph.D. holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Clemson University, which they earned from 1992 to 1997. Matthew later pursued an MBA in Finance at Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business from 2002 to 2004. In 2011 and 2012, they obtained their Masters of Science in Information Engineering and Management from Southern Methodist University. Currently, they are pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Hospitality Administration/Management at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, with an expected completion date of 2022.