Ryan Bamford

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Director of Engineering at Eckoh

Ashtead, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Ryan is an experienced Director of Engineering at Eckoh, specializing in cloud-native technologies, global platform management, and secure payment solutions. He has a passion for team dynamics and successfully led a legacy organization through a cloud-native migration. He holds a Bachelors Degree from the University of Lancashire.

He is a co-inventor on a patent for a transaction security method and system.

Personality Overview

Full Of Energy

Informal

Imaginative

Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions.  They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. They are always positive and upbeat, so take their promises with a pinch of salt.

Topics They Care About

Cloud-Native Migration
He has direct experience leading a legacy organization through a comprehensive cloud-native transition, modernizing both systems and engineering practices at Eckoh.
Secure Payment Solutions
His career has centered on developing enterprise-level, PCI-compliant payment solutions, and he holds patents related to transaction security.
DevSecOps Principles
He has a proven track record of embedding DevSecOps principles within engineering teams to enhance security while maintaining agile methodologies and compliance.

Media Appearances

Ryan has no verified media appearances

Work History

4-2025
Director of Engineering at Eckoh
4-2021 - 4-2025
Head of DevOps & Development at Eckoh
5-2018 - 4-2021
Senior Software (DevOps) Engineer & Team Lead at Eckoh
9-2013 - 5-2018
Senior Software Engineer, Payments R&D at Eckoh
1-2011 - 12-2013
Software Engineer at Veritape

Education

2000 - 2005
Bachelor's Degree from University of Lancashire
1998 - 2000
Adv GNVQ from Runshaw College

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Exp : 16 Location : Ashtead, England, United Kingdom Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Director of Engineering at Eckoh
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Insights For Selling To Ryan

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Talk about their team and how your product will help them do things better and easier
  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee
  • Use adjectives like ‘amazing’, ‘coolest’, ‘unbelievable’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t be too formal, focus on building comfort and trust
  • Avoid ifs and buts, don’t talk too much about the risks etc.
  • Don’t push them to make a decision too fast, let them get comfortable first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Ryan is

  • Relationship and rapport can play an important role, sometimes more than the other factors.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Ryan

  • They will probably never say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Ryan move?

  • They are not the quickest decision makers, their friendly attitude could be misleading.
  • Can Ryan take some risk or not?

  • They can accept limited risks, ones that they think will not impact them personally.

You And Ryan

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