His background includes broad multimodal experience, having worked on planning studies for a variety of Puget Sound regional agencies and organizations, including Sound Transit, WSDOT, King County Metro, Community Transit, Washington State Ferries, the University of Washington, and the City of Seattle. He has worked internationally with the Dubai Integrated Rail Transit Master Plan and the Abu Dhabi Regional Rail Study. Avery is also a GIS expert who has years of experience working with massive transportation data sets, such as tolling data and transit fare card data. Ryan has also done work for the Centre for Traffic Research in Stockholm, Sweden. He holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Washington.