Meet The Team | Ryan Nankivel

Join us in welcoming one of our newest team members at Casey Peterson, LTD, Ryan Nankivel. He joined us at the end of last October as a process enhancement specialist.

Ryan fills a hybrid role for our firm. His background is in process analysis and enhancement, as well as a Power Platform developer for process automation. For our clients and us, Ryan looks for ways to adapt manual steps in any process and automate them.

While earning his general engineering degree from the U.S Air Force Academy, Ryan’s role as an integration engineer on the satellite launch and control network sparked his interest in process management.

In the 25 years since then, he’s been able to apply and hone his Six Sigma, Lean, Agile, and Project Management skills in various companies and industries.

In his free time, Ryan enjoys strategic thinking video games. His current interest is Final Fantasy XIV. He also enjoys fishing and has dabbled in crafting his own fishing rods. Ryan recently obtained a 3-D printer and is exploring that as a hobby. And if all that wasn’t enough, he’s also attempting to teach himself Japanese.

FAVORITE QUOTES

“Never tell people how to do things. Show them what needs to be done and, they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” — Gen George S. Patton and “Plans are useless, but planning is essential.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

FAVORITE BOOKS AND PODCASTS

Most influential books: “Winning” by Jack Welch, “Scaling Up” by Verne Harnish, and “The Goal” by Eliyahu M. Goldratt. Most fun books: The “Jack Ryan” series by Tom Clancy and other spy thrillers

Professional podcasts: Shane Young for app development and Microsoft 365 Developers. Personal podcasts: “Timcast IRL” and “Critical Role” are my time-killing go to’s.

THREE QUESTIONS:

WHAT WAS THE BEST CONCERT YOU EVER ATTENDED?

George Strait music festival

WHAT MOVIE CAN YOU WATCH A MILLION TIMES?

“Top Gun”

IF YOU COULD VISIT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD YOU GO AND WHY?

I have always wanted to go to Japan, as the culture there fascinates me. I would also like to go to England to see the history and because that’s where my last name is from.