Ryan C Elliott

As a turnaround specialist, Ryan maximizes his team's performance, focusing on strategic commercial growth and operational excellence. Building off of a robust background in material science and engineering, Ryan has successfully steered multiple mid-sized manufacturing companies out of stagnant or declining growth to achieve record heights. His commitment to problem-solving and innovative business initiatives has fostered environments where sales, operations, and employee development efforts flourish.

Leveraging his multilingual capabilities (German) and his dual citizenship with the USA and the European Union (Italian), Ryan has honed a unique understanding of diverse international markets, including: Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Solar / Renewables, Consumer Electronics, Semiconductors, Medical, and more.

At his core lies a customer-centric, empathetic, and metrics-driven leader passionate about growing his companies to new levels.

Leadership Success Highlights

Capturing Value

Significantly improved bottom line performance across multiple businesses through strategic pricing, innovative products, asset utilization, product rationalization, and new business wins.

Company Transformation

In each of the last 3 roles, developed and implemented strategies to turnaround flat and declining businesses into those of sustainable growth, achieving the highest profits in company history on all 3. Took a fourth business out of significant negative gross margin territory and turned it into a profit leader for the company.

Innovations 

Long record of success, including multiple patents, starting from a voice of customer approach and market trends analysis, and translating that into companywide action. Company thought leader both in terms of new products and new business opportunities as well as mergers and acquisitions.

Broad Markets Growth

Significant growth success spans across multiple markets, including: Aerospace and Defense, Next-generation semiconductor test probes, cutting edge Medical and medical device alloys and assemblies, improved power modules for EVs, a better connector for self-driving sensors, a new-to-the-world alloys for consumer electronics applications, new composite technology for aerospace, and improved raw materials for the Solar Energy supply chain.

Communicator

Crafting, honing, presenting, and selling corporate strategies for 19 years. Award winning presenter who is as comfortable in front of a Board of Directors as on the operations floor. Long history of international, cross-culture business management and sales experience.

Alfred University

Bachelors of Science- Material Science

Bachelors of Arts- Physics

Universität Erlangen—Nürnberg