Ryan Shea

Coder, age 34

Exited govt: 6/07/25 (reported)

As someone who joined up with DOGE in May, Ryan Shea presumably knew exactly what he was signing up for. Prior to DOGE, he was the executive of a cryptocurrency startup, which makes him a natural fit to support the DOGE team embedded within the Department of Health and Human Services.

Positions

Position	Notes
GSA	Source DOGE lead Steve Davis did not go quietly Politico, 2025-07-14 GSA 5/XX/25-6/07/25 «Start date guessed» fired 6/07/25
HHS	Source Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew Pro Publica Projects GSA? HHS 5/XX/25-6/07/25 likely detailed «ProPublica reports he was working on HHS projects, assuming detail from GSA» fired 6/07/25

Events

Date	Event
c.6/05/25 DOGE	Source DOGE lead Steve Davis did not go quietly Politico, 2025-07-14 Disruption Concerned by Steve Davis’ attempts to stay involved with DOGE despite no longer being employed by the agency and instructions to not interact with him, DOGE staffers Yinon Weiss, Sam Corcos, Ryan Shea, and Adam Blake privately questioned Davis about his involvement. They also reportedly contacted DOGE general counsel Austin Raynor about the legality of his continued involvement. (fuzz: date is not given in article, unclear if at meeting or afterwards)
6/07/25 DOGE	Source DOGE lead Steve Davis did not go quietly Politico, 2025-07-14 Disruption Steve Davis removed DOGE staffers that he considered disloyal from shared Signal chats that DOGE had continued to use for coordination. He also used his influence at GSA to have Ryan Shea removed from his position. Other Davis targets – Yinon Weiss, Sam Corcos and Adam Blake – were able to remain at their posts but were shut out from DOGE communications

Date

Event

c.6/05/25

DOGE

Disruption

Concerned by Steve Davis’ attempts to stay involved with DOGE despite no longer being employed by the agency and instructions to not interact with him, DOGE staffers Yinon Weiss, Sam Corcos, Ryan Shea, and Adam Blake privately questioned Davis about his involvement. They also reportedly contacted DOGE general counsel Austin Raynor about the legality of his continued involvement. (fuzz: date is not given in article, unclear if at meeting or afterwards)

6/07/25

DOGE

Disruption

Steve Davis removed DOGE staffers that he considered disloyal from shared Signal chats that DOGE had continued to use for coordination. He also used his influence at GSA to have Ryan Shea removed from his position. Other Davis targets – Yinon Weiss, Sam Corcos and Adam Blake – were able to remain at their posts but were shut out from DOGE communications