Brian Gardiner
Brian Gardiner is Technical Director at IC Blue Ltd, where he leads the company’s electronic and electrical design software business across the UK and Ireland. Since entering the PCB design industry in 1996, Brian has built extensive experience in electronic design automation, helping engineering teams adopt Siemens EDA technologies and improve how products are designed, verified and prepared for manufacture.
Working at the intersection of engineering, manufacturing and component supply, he has seen how early design decisions directly affect availability, cost, lifecycle risk and production continuity. Brian is passionate about connecting engineering with supply-chain intelligence earlier, enabling more resilient product development and reducing costly redesigns.