Ryan Ho

Brand owner of RYAN ADDA titanium designer eyewear | Optometrist

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

About

I have always aspired to be an eyewear brand owner and found that design elements and materials can be incorporated into eyewear to form a more balanced, functional yet keeping it fashionable, edgy, and uniquely on-style. I started as an optometrist in my practice and expanded to three flagship practices that have won multiple awards. Having that burning passion for materializing my vision, I gradually built the brand RYAN ADDA throughout my fifteen years of practising as an optometrist and as an eyewear stylist for various talk shows, radio and magazines. Lots of R&D and time were poured into the inception of this brand. Today, I am pleased that our brand has grown globally and is available in Europe, Asia and Australasia. I am excited that RYAN ADDA is now collaborating on a Virtual Try-On frame catalogue with a global lens brand. On a personal level, running my retail practices, online store, and building a niche designer eyewear brand doesn't leave me with a lot of free time. I still make sure I spend quality time with my family as they are the inspiration behind this brand. I enjoy playing PS5 Street Fighter or watching a movie with my kids on the weekend. I’m also an avid cyclist. I look forward to cycling with my buddies twice a week or squeezing in a ride when I can in the day.

Experience

  • Partner Owner at Asia Contacts 1 Pty Ltd
    Aug 2016 - Present · 9 yrs 11 mos

    We are a distributor of designer eyewear and design house in Australia and New Zealand. Developing and building a unique blueprint strategy for long-term and regional partnerships.

  • Malaya Optometrist Optical (Selangor, Malaysia)
    • Partner Owner
      Jan 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 6 mos

    • Head of Wholesales Nationwide for Eyewear and Consumable
      Feb 2012 - Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 11 mos

      - Building a strategical road map for the Malaya Optical Wholesale Team - Lead and develop the Wholesale division for 5 Core Products - Identify, negotiate and launch new Key Account Customers

    • Head of Brand Marketing and Development
      Jun 2008 - Jan 2012 · 3 yrs 8 mos

      -Managed branding & repackaging of Malaya Optical within 12 mths. -Leading 4 Retail stores & team 20 with 11 Optometrists to the Prestigious Brand Laureate Award 2009 & 2010 -Lead 4 stores renovation & rebranding process with a budget of 1 million

  • Market Business Development Manager at Authenticateit
    Oct 2016 - May 2017 · 8 mos

    Authenticateit is a cloud base brand protection and consumer marketing tool -Identifying new sales leads, market conditions, trends & developments and respond to changes/opportunities. -Negotiating & Developing & Training team to meet sales goals

  • Regional Dealer Manager at Mettler-Toledo International, Inc
    Mar 2001 - Dec 2004 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    -Responsible for improving dealer engagement in South East Asia -Created & appoint dealers across the region & government project -Provided strategic leadership to distributor marketing & brand awarenes via local marketing & achieve growth 50%

  • Co Founder & Marketing Manager at Studpuppy Advertising & Promotion
    Oct 1999 - Mar 2001 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Studpuppy Advertising & Promotions is a Malaysian affiliate of business to consumer marketing program. -Motivated marketing team & vibrant distribution team via through door to door marketing.