Ryan Kent began working for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Crime Laboratory as a Forensic Scientist III / Firearm and Toolmark Examiner in October of 2015. He is a certified firearms examiner with the Association of Firearm and Toolmark Examiners and started his career 15 years ago with the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory. He continued his career as a Special Agent-Firearm and Toolmark Examiner with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation prior to joining the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Crime Laboratory. He is an active regular member of Association of Firearm and Toolmark Examiners where he served on the annual training seminar committee as the co-chair in 2019.

Ryan earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Arkansas Tech University.