David J. Ryder


David J. Ryder is the current Director of the United States Mint. He formerly served in the same position from 1992 to 1993.

Early life and education

David J. Ryder was born in Billings, Montana on October 14, 1955. Raised in Boise, Idaho, he attended Boise State University.

Career

Ryder worked for the United States Department of Commerce as deputy commissioner general of the U.S. Pavilion at the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition 1983–84, and then commissioner general 1984–85. From 1985 to 1986, he worked in the Office of the Vice President of the United States as Director of Advance. He was director of operations for TCOM Systems, Inc. from 1986 to 1988.
He was director of operations of the 1988 Republican National Convention. After George H. W. Bush won the 1988 U.S. presidential election, Ryder was director of management and operations for Bush's transition team. From 1989 to 1990, he was Deputy Chief of Staff of the Office of the Vice President of the United States. From 1990 to 1991, he was Deputy Treasurer of the United States.
In 1991, President Bush nominated Ryder to be Director of the United States Mint and he subsequently held this office from September 1992 to November 1993 via a recess appointment.
Ryder joined Secure Products, a corporate venture “spin-off” of the Sarnoff Corporation, launched in 1994. In 2007 the Honeywell Corporation acquired Secure Products where Ryder held the position of Global Business Development Manager and Managing Director of Currency for Honeywell Authentication Technologies. Both Secure Products and Honeywell developed and launched highly advanced anti-counterfeiting systems for both manual and high-speed authentication of currency, passports, bank checks, and other commercial products. Ryder worked closely with Honeywell’s technical team in the development and issuance of 18 United States patents.
In 2017, Ryder was again nominated as Director of the United States Mint by President Donald Trump and confirmed by a voice vote on March 21, 2018.