Manifold Technologies has announced the appointment of Ryhaan Williams as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) for North America. In her new role, she will focus on overseeing customer and partner relationships, cultivating new business opportunities, aligning sales and marketing initiatives, and integrating customer and market requirements back into product strategy, as the company has claimed in a statement.

Williams will lead the commercial strategy and market development across the region. She will also establish manifold’s regional go-to-market presence and represent products from technology partner arkona technologies.

“Ryhaan brings a rare blend of deep technical understanding, commercial leadership, and long-standing relationships across the North American live production ecosystem”, explains Erling Hedkvist, Sales & Business Development Manager at manifold technologies. “Just as importantly, she knows how to build markets from the ground up. As we expand across North America, Ryhaan’s entrepreneurial vision and ability to connect customers, partners, and technology make her uniquely qualified to lead this effort”.

“Understanding the needs of the client and finding creative and innovative ways to solve problems has been a focus throughout my career. It always comes back to one question: how do we solve the problem? Customers need more flexibility from their infrastructure, and manifold lets them dynamically deploy, scale, and share resources based on their workflow requirements. It’s exciting to bring manifold to the broader North American market, sit down with customers and ask: What are you trying to do? What’s getting in the way? And how can we make it better?”, shares Williams.

Based in Jacksonville, Florida, Williams will officially assume her role on 1st October 2026.

About Ryhaan Williams

Williams brings more than 30 years of expertise across live production operations, systems integration, project management, strategic sales, and executive leadership.

Her career includes leadership roles with TAG Video Systems, ES Broadcast, Comprehensive Technical Group, Riedel Communications, Bexel, and Gepco, following operational roles with Sportvision, National Mobile Television’s Venue Services Group, and VH1. She has consistently been tapped to scale commercial organisations, build new markets, and expand the regional presence of international broadcast technology leaders.

Previously, Williams joined UK-based ES Broadcast as its first U.S. Sales & Systems employee, eventually establishing and scaling its American operations as Senior Vice President of Sales & Systems, North America.

Her background spans beyond sales into operational leadership, major venue and infrastructure deployments, mobile production, and complex technology rollouts. This hands-on foundation informs her approach to integrating complex solutions into customers’ technical, operational, and financial frameworks.