Bio

Patrick S. Ryan practices technology law and international law, with a special focus on the open Internet and telecommunications policy issues. Since 2004, Patrick was a scholar-in-residence and has held various academic appointments at CU Boulder, taught courses at CU Law, and served as ITP's Faculty Director (from 2005 to 2008). Previously, Patrick was the Vice President of Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs for NextG Networks, Inc.; the owner of PSR Law Firm, LLC; lecturer and researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Law & Information Technology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Director of Network Implementation for Broadnet Europe, SPRL (a former subsidiary of Comcast); Director at Tetra Tech Communications and Founder and Managing Director of Tetra Tech's German subsidiary. In these roles Patrick supervised the deployment of several wireless networks in Canada, Brazil, Germany, Czech Republic, Spain, Switzerland, and the USA. He wrote his Ph.D. dissertation on spectrum management and has special interests in hacker ethics, utility regulation, and net neutrality issues.

Education

Ph.D., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; MBL-HSG Universität St. Gallen, Switzerland; JD University of Texas at Austin; BA, MBA, Monterey Institute of International Studies.

Courses

TLEN 5190 Standardization and Standards Wars
TLEN 5600 Telecommunications Seminar
 

Curriculum Vitae

May serve as Chair or Member of Master's Thesis Committees

Contact Information:

Phone: 303-785-8990
Fax: 303-265-9737
E-Mail: Patrick.Ryan@Colorado.edu
Office: ECOT 341
Web Site: www.pryan.net