brian ryan

Led mechanical engineering strategy across North America and Asia, aligning regional goals with corporate vision.

Facilitate technical leadership in customer engagements to align engineering capabilities with manufacturing and commercial strategies.

Managed full portfolio of products including PCBs, connectors, cable assemblies, custom mechanical components, and magnetics, ensuring alignment with market demands.

Collaborate with global sales teams to identify and convert technical opportunities into viable commercial programmes.

• Supported multi-region teams to execute project objectives, enhancing cross-regional collaboration and effectiveness.
• Assisted in managing product portfolio, ensuring alignment with market demands and customer needs.

• Provided engineering leadership and business development for global electronics programmes, integrating design-in support
• Bridge engineering capability with commercial opportunity, supporting customer acquisition and programme execution
• Collaborated with international partners to develop and secure new business across multiple product lines
• Founded and operated UK engineering consultancy, delivering technical and commercial support outside IR35

• Directed product development and technical sales initiatives for major accounts including Vodafone, BSkyB, Orange, Tata Sky, Airtel, Foxtel, Samsung, YouSee, and Astro.
• Directed collaboration with over 10 engineers across China; led DFM, keypad and tooling strategy, and ensured NPI readiness.
• Engaged directly with EMEA and Asia customers to deliver tailored proposals, confirm designs, address quality escalations, and strengthen ongoing commercial relationships.
• Collaborated with sales, applications, and quality leadership to drive technical sales and programme execution across subscription and retail business units.
• Demonstrate technical expertise in B2B and B2C product development alongside commercial processes.
• Conducted regular site visits to facilitate technical discussions, negotiate timelines, and oversee quality audits.
• Delivered transparent 8D reporting to pinpoint issues and uphold customer confidence post-launch.
• Educated global teams on Zero Gap architecture, sustainable materials, and DoE to enhance product reliability.
• Enhanced UEI’s business development playbook by incorporating patentable IP into pre-sales strategy.

• Spearheaded new business growth with Orange, Netgem, Freesat, Bosch, Roche, and Wabco through leadership in concept realisation and delivery of technical proposals.
• Managed remote production workflows with vendors in Hungary, Korea, and China to ensure alignment of tooling with quality standards and project timelines.
• Partnered with ID firms and electronic engineers to execute solutions from concept to market.
• Elevated from SMK Japan's prestigious Product Design Graduate Programme to spearhead customer-facing design initiatives for prominent European clients.
• Integrated design leadership with business development, consistently representing firm at exhibitions and initial customer meetings.
• Showcased design and technology capabilities at IBC, enhancing SMK's reputation as a premium partner for broadcasters and STB vendors.
• Guided junior engineers in recruitment, mentoring, and cross-site knowledge transfer to foster skill development and team cohesion.