Ryan Guthridge is an Assistant Professor in the Aviation Department at the University of North Dakota (UND).  Prior to joining UND, Ryan held positions as a Pilot-in-Command for Weather Modification, Inc., Technical Pilot for GE Aviation, Flight Data Analyst for Austin Digital, Inc., CEO for a UAS start-up, and Chief Ground Instructor for the University of Nebraska at Omaha.  Through his background in data analytics, Ryan has analyzed flight data to identify events hazardous to flight safety, quantified the impact of procedures-based changes on flight efficiency, and assessed the performance of pilots in skills-based flight training maneuvers.  Ryan is an FAA-certified Instrument Flight Procedure Validation pilot and holds FAA type ratings in the Airbus A320 and Boeing B737.

Ryan received a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics from the University of North Dakota, Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas, and Professional Certificates in Business Intelligence, Data Mining, and Learning Analytics.