Building a market, strengthening a region, or looking for credible representation?

I work with serious equipment businesses, OEMs, and growth-minded companies where the product is technical, the sale is considered, and buyer trust matters.

Depending on the opportunity, that can mean a dedicated role with one company, a focused market-development mandate, a retained arrangement, a commission-based relationship, or fractional support across non-competing principals.

The right structure depends on the product, market, expectations, and upside.

Good reasons to get in touch

The best conversations usually involve one or more of the following:

• entering or strengthening the UK, European, US, or Canadian market

• looking for credible representation for a technical product

• building a channel or regional sales presence

• trying to reach better-fit buyers with a stronger commercial approach

• hiring for a senior sales, market-development, or channel-growth role

• looking for someone who can bridge buyer trust, technical understanding, and commercial follow-through

• exploring whether a dedicated, retained, commission-based, or fractional relationship makes sense

Fit matters

I am open to different commercial structures, but I am selective about fit.

For OEM and principal conversations, I care about product quality, supportability, market potential, commercial terms, and whether I can represent the product credibly.

For employed, retained, or dedicated roles, I am most interested in meaningful responsibility, autonomy, serious growth potential, and a product or market worth building.

I am also open to working with multiple non-competing principals where the fit is clear and the relationships do not dilute each other.

Contact

Ryan Karatimus
Edinburgh, UK
ryan@karatimus.com
linkedin.com/in/ryan-k-33b6a316

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