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Ryan is one of the moremost competent employees, usually a step ahead of his on-staff coworkers. He was a member of a fraternity in college and is continuing his education by attending [[business school]] at night, much to the chagrin of his boss, [[Michael Scott (The Office)|Michael Scott]]. His dream is to ultimately own a business one day, which he confesses to Michael who derides it as "a terrible idea". Ryan does not wish to stay at Dunder-Mifflin long or even be remembered when he leaves, citing that his ultimate fear is that he will gain a nickname around the office (being "that guy"). This fear came to pass in an episode penned by Novak when Howard activated a smoke alarm by accidentally overcooking some food in the break room, earning him the nickname "Fire Guy." Underscoring his lack of enthusiasm for working at Dunder-Mifflin, Ryan mentions that he could clean out his desk in five seconds and everyone (including him) would forget that he ever worked there.

Ryan has an on-again, off-again relationship with office chatterbox [[Kelly Kapoor]]. This began when she expressed interest in him, and he responded favorably to her "junk". He made out with her on the eve of [[Valentine's Day]], resulting in awkwardness between the two next day. He is often uneasy about Kelly mentioning her wishes to marry Ryan and raise children as soon as possible, and Ryan often responds quite harshly to show his disinterest. However, things seem to be starting up between the two again during the office [[Casino Night (The Office episode)|"Casino Night"]]. Ryan and Kelly are later seen dating in episode 3-2, [[The Convention (The Office episode)|"The Convention"]]. Ryan met Kelly's parents during [[Diwali (The Office episode)|Diwali]], but they were not impressed by his low income and desire to travel, rather than start a family. Michael also seems to have a bit of a [[man crush]] on Ryan, which also frightens him at times. Ryan is also inconveniently stuck in the position of being personal assistant to Michael, who immediately summons him to all menial tasks, such as picking up a video for Michael at his mother's house, cleaning out his car with him, and trying to get Ryan to assist him in the bathroom when Michael slips up from his injury. In a complaint filed on him in "[[Conflict Resolution (The Office episode)|Conflict Resolution]]", Kelly complains to [[Toby Flenderson|Toby]] that Ryan doesn't return her calls. Michael reads the complaint aloud to the office, and joins Kelly in the same complaint, as Ryan does not return his calls either. Ryan replies that his voicemail is rather spotty. Lately though, Ryan has begun correcting Michael for embarrassing him as evident by "[[The Convict (The Office episode)|The Convict]]", when one of Michael's latest seminars involving prison life has Michael referring to Ryan as "da belle of da ball" if he were in prison. He has a list of excuses he programmed into his cell phone to use if Michael summons him into any of his antics, which impresses Jim. Along with [[Stanley Hudson]] and [[Phyllis Lapin]], Ryan consoles the new employees from the [[Stamford, Connecticut|Stamford]] branch on how Michael operates as manager of their branch.