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Ryan Fletcher

Helps semiconductor and industrial companies transform for growth, working closely with executives to rapidly unlock performance

Ryan is a leader in McKinsey’s advanced industries work in North America and advises semiconductor, electronics, and industrial clients on cross-functional performance transformation. He holds deep expertise in driving profitable growth across the small and mid-cap industrial landscape and in the lighting and photonics industries. Ryan also co-leads our semiconductor manufacturing service line.

Examples of Ryan’s recent client projects include:

  • helping a global semiconductor company rapidly increase throughput to mitigate chip shortages
  • assisting a mid-cap industrial equipment company in driving profitable growth across their businesses
  • advising an electronics company on effective R&D, product development, and portfolio management approaches
  • building organic and inorganic growth strategy programs for industrial companies, and driving due-diligence engagements in semiconductors and industrials for private equity and corporate investment organizations

Ryan formerly built and led the LED division for a mid-cap lighting equipment company, served as an optical engineer for the U.S. Department of Energy, and drove volunteer efforts that brought solar power to off-grid communities in South America.

Published work

The power of digital: Quantifying semiconductor fab performance,” McKinsey & Company, October 2024

Need to Boost Semiconductor Fab Efficiency? Look to Maintenance” McKinsey & Company, November, 2023

Tapping into Dormant Data can Boost Industrial SMEs’ Competitive Edge” McKinsey & Company, November, 2023

How medium-size enterprises can better manage sourcing” McKinsey & Company, November, 2023

Imperatives for Photonics Companies in the Next Wave of Growth” McKinsey & Company, January, 2023

Rapid Throughput Improvement at Mature Semiconductor Fabs” McKinsey & Company, August, 2022

Manufacturing Process Innovation for Industrials” McKinsey & Company, September, 2021

The Next Wave of Innovation in Photonics” McKinsey & Company, June, 2021

Energizing Industrial Manufacturing Through Active Performance Management” McKinsey & Company, May, 2020

The Need for Speed: Accelerating Product Improvement at Industrials” McKinsey & Company, May, 2020

Building a Flexible Supply Chain in Low-Volume, High-Mix Industrials” McKinsey & Company, April, 2020

The Case for an End-to-End Automotive Software Platform” McKinsey & Company,· January, 2020

Past experience

ARRI
Head of Product Management, Lighting

U.S. Department of Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mechanical Engineer, Laser & Photon Science Directorate

Education

Harvard Business School
MBA (Baker Scholar)

Stanford University
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering