Ed Ryan, Vice President and Practice Director at Barry Persky and Company, has served as National Managing Director for Egon Zehnder's Executive Interim Management search practice headquartered in New York City. In addition, he held the position of Vice president, Client Services for Imcor, an Interim management firm located in Stamford, CT. Ed managed searches within several industries for clients including Bayer Corporation, Reed Elsevier, Colgate-Palmolive, Accuspace. McCown & DeLeeuw, and Allied Signal. Prior to his career in executive search, Ed held a series of increasingly responsible sales, marketing, and general management positions with IBM, Procter & Gamble, and Dun & Bradstreet. Ed graduated from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.