Video CoordinatorE-mail: ryan@griffinshockey.com
Phone: (616) 774-4585 ext. 3004
Biography:
What you love most about working for the Griffins: The challenge of trying to top myself with every project.
Favorite Griffins memory: Opening night during the 2011-12 season, watching a packed arena cheer for the opening video I produced.
Favorite all-time Griffins players: Greg Amadio.
Best thing about your job: I get to play with cameras all day.
Hometown: Grand Rapids.
States (and provinces or countries) you’ve lived in: Just lil’ ol’ Michigan. However, I have slept in all but three states.
College degree/year/school: B.S. Film/Video Production, 2011, Grand Valley State University
Sports idol(s) as a youth: Lance Armstrong.
Personal/professional hero(es): Rob Sheridan and Trent Reznor.
As a child, you dreamed of becoming: Genetic engineer.
First job/your age: Point of sale at my parents’ bakery, I was 15.
Current dream job: Video production for an outdoor/adventure brand.
Proudest professional accomplishment: Currently it’s climbing all 14,259 feet of Longs Peak in Colorado.
Most exciting/unique thing you’ve done or place you’ve visited: Backpacked through Europe for the better part of a month.
Sports played growing up: Soccer, racquetball, lacrosse, biking, and rock climbing.
An interesting fact about you: I am a proud vegetarian, but not for any extraordinary moral reasons.
Favorite foods: Pad Thai – anytime, anywhere.
Favorite music artists: Nine Inch Nails, The National, The Decemberists, and The Who.
Favorite sports movie: The Damned United.
Favorite book or author: Fahrenheit 451.
Favorite recreational activities/hobbies: Getting lost in a good book, succeeding with a cooking recipe, climbing things, traveling to new places, visiting as many IKEAs as possible, knowing a thing or two about craft beer, and shooting things (with my camera).