Ryan Hayden

As Chief Digital and Strategy Officer at CREF, Ryan leads the ongoing development and deployment of iCREF and helps set the mission, vision, and goals for the company. Partnering with the Executive Leadership Team, Ryan has helped secured a Partnership Network including Fortune 100 companies that together, will team to build healthy cities around the world including active projects in the Middle East, Europe, South America and here in the U.S. Our platform-as-a-service technology, iCREF, is the backbone to all projects and analysis we deliver helping support all Capital Program Management, Facilities Performance Services, Real Estate Services, and our Engineering, Energy and Environmental Teams.

Ryan is a proud participant in the Great Resignation. He was recently a Healthcare Partner helping lead the Analytics, Automation and AI team at PwC, and spent the last 20 years helping healthcare executives navigate the data revolution.

A proud husband to Rekha, and father to Taj and Niam, he is grateful he found an opportunity to work with a company that puts family first and whose core values align with his own – trust, inclusivity, curiosity, and integrity.

Ryan graduated from Bentley University with a Master’s in both Business and Computer Information Systems, and Northeastern University with a Master’s in Clinical Informatics. He also holds a dual undergrad in Pre-med and Business Administration from Syracuse University.