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I bridge customers, business needs, and technical teams to deliver the right solutions.
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Ryan Leather

How I Add Value

I work at the intersection of customers, data, and technology.

In my role at EE, I lead customer conversations to uncover real needs, translate them into appropriate technical solutions, and manage expectations in fast-paced, high-pressure environments. Alongside this, I collaborate with data science teams on forecasting and analytics, giving me direct exposure to how technical systems are designed, evaluated, and communicated to non-technical stakeholders.

My background in Mathematics and Computer Science allows me to understand technical detail deeply - but my strength lies in explaining, aligning, and delivering solutions that actually make sense to the customer.

What I Do in Practice

Discovery & Stakeholder Management

  • Lead structured conversations to uncover customer needs
  • Ask the right technical and commercial questions
  • Align solutions to constraints (budget, time, capability)

Solution Shaping

  • Translate requirements into technical approaches
  • Balance feasibility, performance, and customer value
  • Work with engineers / data scientists to validate ideas

Communication & Buy-In

  • Explain complex systems simply and confidently
  • Present trade-offs and recommendations clearly
  • Build trust with both technical and non-technical audiences

Skills

Customer & Stakeholder Skills

Requirements discovery
Technical communication
Solution presentation

Technical Understanding

Data science & forecasting
Web technologies & APIs
Analytics & evaluation

Tools

Python
JavaScript
Git
SQL
Selected Work

My Problem-Solving

I've worked on a variety of projects, mainly design and implementation of websites. Here is my favorite.

BOND – Customer Onboarding & Conversion

BOND – Customer Onboarding & Conversion

Designed and built a landing experience to clearly communicate a complex co-renting concept, reducing user confusion and improving sign-up intent through simplified flows and clear value propositions.

HTML
Tailwind CSS
Vite
PHP with wordpress

Early Experience in Client-Facing Delivery

My early freelance work involved delivering digital solutions for international clients, managing requirements, feedback, and delivery end-to-end. This experience built the foundation for my client communication skills, expectation management, and ability to deliver under ambiguity.

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    EE

    Sheffield, England

    Designed community challenge event football badges and posters used officially by the company
  • J

    Juddy Talks

    Remote Based Work

    Created graphical assets for a YouTube podcast based in Edinburgh, which hosted high profile proffessional footballers weekly.
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    card.football

    Remote Based Work

    Designed assets for a online digital sports card creation platform.
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Open to graduate solutions, presales, and technical consultancy roles. Happy to discuss how I approach customer problems and technical solutions. Shoot me an email to connect.