Foram Brown - Executive Search For Aerospace & Defense

As an Engineering Leader, I understand the challenges you face.

I build executive teams for venture and private equity-backed companies in Aerospace & Defense.

I focus on placing C-Suite, EVP, SVP, and VP leaders in Engineering, Product and Technology.

95% of the leaders placed have been women or from an ethnic minority.

83% of placements have been completed within 6 weeks or less, transforming teams and driving growth.

Ready to build your leadership? Let’s connect and build the future together.

Email: info@forambrown.com
Phone or Text: +14086002785

Chief Executive Officer

Alstom

Led an engineering team of 230 through the $6B Bombardier & Alstom merger.

Vice President of Engineering

Bombardier Transportation

Managed a global team of 230 engineers.

Delivered train projects worth over $1 billion. 

Hired over 30 leaders, managers, engineers and specialists.

Improved engineering cycle by 20% by vertically integrating design and manufacturing. 

 Managed budgets exceeding $150 million annually.

Led product line standardization, ensuring compliance with safety regulations.

Fostered innovation, achieving multiple patents and a 15% boost in reliability.

Rolls-Royce

Led the Ultra-Fan engine prototype development (Advance3).

Managed 125 Power Transmission components, delivering on a £35M budget.

Oversaw a global team of 120, streamlining engineering, supply chain and manufacturing.

Hired Engineering Program Managers, Contractors and Specialists to deliver on Time, Quality and Cost.

Developed strategies with 90% of UK suppliers for efficient delivery.

Ensured FAA and EASA compliance, achieving full component sign-off.

Director of Engineering

Led a global team of 50 engineers and specialists.

Supported department leaders with identifying gaps and hiring.

Delivered engine component upgrades within a £2.8 million budget.

Managed compliance with ISO9001 and FAA/EASA standards for all modifications.

Senior Engineering Program Manager

Led a team of 18 to achieve FAA/EASA certification for Trent 1000, a $15 million milestone.

Hired 2 test specialists and 1 certification specialist.

Managed a team of 12 specialists post-Qantas Flight 32, delivering a robust engine protection solution.

Coordinated global fleet testing for Trent engines, optimizing test bed availability and capacity.

Test Team Lead

Grew the team from 7 to 10 and developed FADEC for the Trent XWB engine, ensuring readiness for the first run.

Coordinated with Airbus and partners, meeting standards (ARP4754, DO-160, DO-178, DO-254).

Integration Team Lead

Developed FADEC and health monitoring system requirements, meeting ARP4754A, DO-178, and DO-331 standards.

Managed the architecture evolution process, ensuring compliance with DOORS requirements.

System Engineer

AstraZeneca

Managed Building Management Systems (BMS) for the entire Charnwood facility.

Engineering Success Through Diverse Leadership | Empowering Companies with Top-tier Talent | Fueling Innovation, Growth & Positive Impact.

You’re stretched thin, aren't you?

* Your engineering deliverables are late.
* Your customers are unhappy.
* Your outsourcing partners are delivering poor quality.
* Your time is consumed by firefighting instead of building.

As an engineering leader, I know how relentless it can feel. 

The pressure to deliver on Quality, Time, and Cost is unrelenting, and hiring or building the right team often feels like just another impossible task on an overflowing to-do list.

That’s where I come in.

I help Aerospace, Space & Defense companies solve their toughest leadership challenges through consulting and executive search.

🚀 As a consultant, I work alongside you to:
↳ Step into fractional leadership roles like VP, COO, or CTO to stabilize and drive business forward.
↳ Improve engineering delivery by identifying bottlenecks and implementing sustainable solutions.
↳ Solve outsourcing issues by ensuring quality and timelines are met.

🚀 As an executive recruiter, I:
↳ Find and place the transformative leaders who can scale your business, drive growth, and deliver results.
↳ Leverage a Systems Engineering approach to ensure every hire is aligned with your mission, not just your job description.

I’ve helped leaders like you:
🚀 CEOs like Andy secure a COO who raised $100M in funding.
🚀 SVPs like Sarah fill critical VP of Engineering roles in 4 weeks.
🚀 CEOs like Lauren find a CTO for a hydrogen tech startup.
🚀 Investors like John hire a CEO in just 6 weeks.

You don’t need to tackle these challenges alone. 

Whether you’re firefighting delivery issues, building a leadership pipeline, or scaling for growth, I’m here to help you solve the immediate problems and create a path forward.

Let’s explore how I can help you transform your team, deliver results, and get back to focusing on what really matters. Reach out today & let's get started!

Cheers,
Foram

Email: info@forambrown.com
Phone or Text: +14086002785

Foram Brown

Product & Business Leader | Scaling Growth & Digital Transformation | Ex-Pro Athlete Applying Sports Principles to Drive Business Excellence | Leadership & Peak Performance Advocate

Product Manager with 8+ years building AI/ML, digital and SaaS products from 0→1, and scaling product and teams from 1→10, with proven ability to scale operations 1000%+ while maintaining lean teams. Track record includes $600K ARR recovery in 30 days, scaling from 0 to $7MM revenue with 3-person ops team, and driving $30MM+ enterprise impact.

Specializing in product-led growth, operational excellence, and AI-powered solutions for health tech, B2B SaaS, and Utilities Industry.

Known for systems thinking, collaborative leadership, and high-velocity execution. I bring customer obsession to every product decision, with proven platform thinking that scales from startup to enterprise.

Currently: Building AI-powered health and longevity products to gain hands on experience with Agentic products.

Let's connect - I specialize in making the impossible look inevitable.

Robin Ayme

Spent an embarrassing amount of time this week figuring out how to move my ChatGPT history to Claude. Sharing what actually works.
                                                                                    
The official way: ChatGPT → Settings → Data Controls → Export Data. 
You get an email with a .zip. Inside there's a memories.json.  that's the one you want.

To pull it into Claude, paste the file into a new chat and write: 

"This is my memory from another AI. Add this to your memory about me during your next synthesis."

It works.

For Gemini: Google quietly started rolling out a native import this month. 
If you don't have it yet, move2gemini.io does the job. 
There's also a Chrome extension called "Retry in Another AI" that pushes active conversations across platforms in one click.

Anyway. Useful to know.

But here's what annoyed me the whole time I was doing this:

I shouldn't have to.

I use different models for different things. 

ChatGPT sometimes, Claude for reasoning-heavy stuff, Gemini when I need Google integration. 

My context —the preferences, the history, the things these tools have slowly figured out about me — lives in three separate silos that will never talk to each other.

Every time I switch, I start from zero.

What would actually fix this is one personal memory store you actually own. A secure database that lives outside any platform. An MCP server in front of it. 

Every model connects to the same layer.

Your memory goes where you go, not where your subscription is.

Genuinely surprised nobody's built this cleanly yet. Or have they?

I know you can "solve it" with open claw or with .md files locally. But that's the techy/hacky way. Not consumer ready. 

Anyone down to build this as a fun project ?

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Building AI Health & Longevity Products | Cross-functional Leader | 0→1 + Scale Expert | Ex-Pro-Athlete

Ash by Slingshot AI pulled Ash from the UK after raising $93MM.                                                                           

Their AI mental health chatbot - 50k beta users, $93M raised -  gone from the UK market because regulators couldn't agree: is this a wellness product or a medical device?

I get why people read this as a cautionary tale.

But I'm building in this space (longevity x AI). And I see something different.

The problem wasn't the AI. It was the positioning.

Frame your product as a therapy replacement and you're asking to be regulated like a medical device. 

Honestly? That's the right call. Unvalidated therapy replacements should face scrutiny. Even in Health AI solutions, startups start with a human in the loop, a "concierge team".

But there's a version of this that actually works.

You leave your therapist's office on Tuesday. Something hard happens Thursday. Your next appointment is 10 days away.

That gap is where people spiral. Or forget. Or quietly disengage from the work they were just starting to do.

AI that sits between sessions, that knows what you're working on, helps you hold the thread in real time, and gives your therapist actual context when you come back: that's not replacing care.

That's making care continuous.

That's the version worth building.

It's not easy. Memory, continuity, clinical safety - these are hard problems. But the direction is right.

AI has a real place in mental health (and overall health). Just not the place most people are fighting over.

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