Brian DownerAssociate

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areas of expertise
  • Product Management
  • Product Strategy
  • Go to Market Planning
  • Agile Operating Frameworks
  • Blockchain, Distributed Ledger Technology and Web 3
education
  • MSc, Computer Science, University of Birmingham (Distinction)
  • BA, Business Studies and German

Brian is an experienced product professional with over 20 years consulting experience in financial services e-commerce and startups

 

Since 2016, Brian has  helped build product teams in organisations at varied levels of scaling. Brian works at a strategic level with business decision makers to unite customers and product.

 

He helps senior leaders surface and address key questions that pave the way to Product Market fit. Brian helps businesses select, establish and activate right-sized product management approaches and identify, attract and retain product team talent.

 

Prior to focusing on Product Management, Brian primarily worked as Project Manager or Senior Business Analyst at clients such as Barclays, UBS, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, and RBS. Brian started his career at Accenture where he was focused on Enterprise Application Integration.

 

Brian has a lifelong learning approach and is a foreign language enthusiast. He is currently building language tools using Open AI APIs. In his younger days, Brian represented the England Senior National Team in the Long Jump and keeps busy nowadays with some cycling.