Nemacolin Woodlands Nofoaga i sautesisifo Pennsylvania, ua tofia ai David Ryan e avea ma pule faʻapitoa fou o le nofoaga malolo. I lona tofiga fou, Ryan o le a taʻitaʻia le Nemacolin i lea aso ma lea aso faʻagaioiga ma pulega i isi matagaluega uma, taulaʻi i le faʻateleina o le poto masani malo ma le nofoaga autu o misiona ma tuputupu aʻe.
Ae le i auai i le au a le Nemacolin, sa tautua Ryan i ni tofiga o le Faʻatonu o Faʻatau ma Faʻatauga i le Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, lea na tupu ai ana tupe maua i le 17%; ma le Pule Sili mo le 432 Park Avenue, vaʻaia le tatalaina o lenei tulaga maualuga, taugata fale nofo Talu ai nei na avea ai o ia ma Pule Sili i le HI-5 Hospitality, o se faufautua ma se kamupani o loʻo faʻamalosia, fesoasoani i faletalimalo i le faʻateleina o tupe maua, faʻamalosia tagata faigaluega ma faʻaleleia le faʻamalieina o tagata.
O se tagatanuʻu mai Chicago, o Ryan ua faʻauʻu mai le Michigan State's School of Hospitality Business. A le mauaa mo ana 'au a le fale (le Bears, Blackhawks ma Cubs), e fiafia o ia e kuka, faʻataʻitaʻi ni uaina fou ma faʻaalu taimi ma lona toʻalua ma lua laveaʻi maile. Na ia fiafia tele ina ua auai i le 'au a le Nemacolin, ma taʻua ai, "o aʻu sini aʻo avea ma GM o le maua lea o le faʻaaloalo o le Associates i aso uma ma talofa matou malo."
