MZ Profile: Ryan Dang

When did you join MarshallZehr? What are you responsible for at MZ?

I started my career at Economical Insurance in 2012, supporting their financial reporting and accounting functions. During this time, I also earned my CMA, CPA designation. After a few years, I transferred to Economical’s Corporate Development team where I worked on M&A transactions, commercial lending and supported competitive analysis initiatives. Most recently, prior to coming to MZ, I worked for a developer and operator of senior living facilities called peopleCare. During my few years there, I led various activities in Finance including financial planning and budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analysis of new development opportunities.

I joined the company in February this year as a Business Development Analyst. As part of our Business Development team, I am responsible for underwriting new construction and development opportunities that are originated by our team. I also assist with the closing of new project financings.

What about our industry or MZ excites you?

It’s exciting and satisfying to know that the capital solutions we arrange go towards helping developers create much needed housing supply in the communities around us.

MZ offers a fast-paced environment and encourages a culture of innovation. We are constantly challenging the status quo to come up with better solutions internally and for our clients. There are many things I enjoy about working at MZ but the one thing would be the people. There is a lot of collaboration across functions and everyone is incredibly talented and simply a pleasure to work with.

Tell us a bit about yourself away from work

When I’m not at the office, I enjoy being in the outdoors, travelling, trying new foods and cooking.