Ryan Kent is a senior director in the Investigations and Disputes practice at K2 Integrity. Specializing in forensic engineering, Ryan draws upon his wide range of knowledge and experience in the electrical, nuclear, cement, and petroleum engineering fields to assess project risks. He works closely with client construction, finance, and project management teams to analyze their processes and controls, and to identify and propose solutions to gaps in oversight. Ryan also performs in-depth investigations to detect and mitigate fraud, including construction site and testing facility inspections, employee and contractor interviews, and process workflow study.
Prior to joining K2 Integrity, Ryan worked as an electrical designer and project engineer at HBK Engineering, a utilities and infrastructure engineering firm. While at HBK, Ryan designed and managed electrical distribution projects for ComEd in the Chicagoland area. He specialized in facilities relocation and new business development work, writing project proposals, working with clients to determine design requirements and constraints, creating electrical distribution designs, applying for permits, and providing construction support. In addition to working with local government organizations, such as the City of Chicago Department of Transportation, Ryan worked with clients ranging in size from small businesses to large corporations.
Previously, Ryan worked as a cement engineer for Halliburton in the Permian Basin region of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico. In that position, he worked with large oil and gas corporations and had the opportunity to design projects that used cutting-edge technology in the cementing industry. Ryan worked directly with clients to understand their project requirements, and oversaw all stages of the job process, including cement program design and testing, bulk cement loading and transportation, on-site job execution, and post-job analysis.
Ryan earned an M.S. in engineering management from Northwestern University and a B.S. in nuclear, plasma, and radiological engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Illinois.
