Ryan Merkel

Ryan Merkel currently serves as the Manager of Asset Protection Technology at Burlington Stores, Inc., focusing on engineering, DevOps, and the deployment of new and emerging technologies since October 2023. Prior to this role, Ryan held the position of Corporate Asset Protection Coordinator at Five Below, overseeing enterprise-wide physical security and investigations from November 2019 to October 2023. Ryan's extensive background includes roles such as Loss Prevention Manager at UNIQLO and Kohl's, Multi-Unit Loss Prevention Supervisor positions at UNIQLO and Kohl's, and Sr. Loss Prevention Manager at The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P). Ryan began the career in loss prevention with JCPenney as a Loss Prevention Manager and gained earlier experience as a Shift Supervisor at Allied Universal.