Overview
As Energy Sourcing Manager for INVISTA, Ryan Lee has global responsibility over natural
gas purchases and strategy. This includes negotiating gas supply agreements with marketing
companies and pipelines, working with business leaders to develop medium and long-term
strategies, fundamental analysis, price modeling, and market forecasts. In addition
to his global natural gas responsibility, Ryan also helps manage the electricity strategy
for North America and Europe. This work involves modeling expected price impacts of
weather and natural disasters, as well as building a point-of-view on the long-term
impact of renewable energy projects.
In 2015, Ryan was awarded the Gore Scholarship at Wichita State. At the start of his
freshman year, he began working at INVISTA (a subsidiary of Koch Industries) and continued
to work all four years of college as a Quantitative Analyst. After graduation, Ryan
assumed the role of Procurement Analytics Manager, responsible for economic and pricing
analysis for strategic sourcing. In 2020, he also took on responsibility for sourcing
bulk raw materials in Europe for INVISTA’s chemical plants. As part of that transition,
he began working on digital transformation and process automation for commodity sourcing.
Starting in 2021, Ryan moved to his current role in the energy space.
Ryan graduated from Wichita State in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and
International Business, as well as a Master of Arts in Applied Economics. He also
received a Master of Science in Finance from the ESC Pau Business School in Pau, France.
During his tenure at Wichita State, Ryan spent a semester studying abroad in Guangzhou,
China. Upon returning, he then spent the following summer in Bayonne, France as part
of a master’s program. In addition, Ryan is a certified Design Sprint Facilitator
and is conversational in Mandarin Chinese.