Biographical Sketch

Ryan Sitton grew up in Texas, where his parents were both science teachers. He graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Ryan has spent his entire career in the energy industry and in 2006 founded an engineering and technology company, helping make the world’s most complicated facilities more reliable. Since then, Pinnacle Advanced Reliability Technologies has been recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing privately held business in the world… three years in a row. Today, PinnacleART employs over 500 people.

In 2014, Ryan was elected to the Texas Railroad Commission, and is the first engineer in 50 years to serve as Railroad Commissioner. He is working to make the Commission more efficient and effective, so that Texas can lead America to energy independence. Ryan is also widely considered an expert in energy and regulatory policy. He is a proud husband to Jennifer, and proud father to Sarah, Luke, and Lance — and is often asked about his family’s impressive collection of over 100,000 Legos.