Head of North America

• Apr 2020 - Present

Advisor

• Aug 2017 - Present

Founder

• Jan 2018 - Apr 2020

Developing, marketing and deploying virtual reality remote collaboration tools for industry with the goal of enhancing the productivity of distributed teams and distance learning, thereby reducing the environmental and human costs associated with business travel.Value added reseller for Rumii - a social-virtual reality platform that enables people to educate and collaborate in a 3D virtual environment from anywhere on earth.Research and development into effective communication, collaboration and learning in immersive digital environments.

Product Strategy Consultant

• Jul 2017 - Apr 2020

Selected Clients: BorgWarner, Draper Labs.Specialties: Technology commercialization and product/market strategy; Agile product development for industrial hardware; Collaboration between start-ups and established companies; Engineering for solid-state power and other thermal and industrial technologies; Energy, automotive, materials, heavy manufacturing and defense industries.Regular speaker and panelist on the subject of clean-tech, energy and entrepreneurship. Selected Clients: BorgWarner, Draper Labs.Specialties: Technology commercialization and product/market strategy; Agile product development for industrial hardware; Collaboration between start-ups and established companies; Engineering for solid-state power and other thermal and industrial technologies; Energy, automotive, materials, heavy manufacturing and defense industries.Regular speaker and panelist on the subject of clean-tech, energy and entrepreneurship.

Host

• Apr 2017 - Apr 2018

Virtual speaker series and discussion forum hosted in AltSpaceVR exploring how virtual reality technologies could be used for positive environmental impact. Virtual speaker series and discussion forum hosted in AltSpaceVR exploring how virtual reality technologies could be used for positive environmental impact.

Co-Founder & Vice President

• Apr 2009 - Jun 2017

VP Business Development ‘09-11, VP Engineering ‘11-15, VP Automotive Products ’15-‘17Creator of the 1st commercially-viable thermoelectric products for industrial & vehicular waste heat recovery.• Took the company from two guys in a basement to a recognized leader in thermoelectric technology and products employing over 40 people and having raised over $50m in venture capital.• Built and led an engineering team that invented, developed and deployed the world’s largest thermoelectric generator. The system captured exhaust heat from a generator in oil field service.• Developed and executed the company’s market and product strategies, failed, pivoted, re-planned, executed better, failed again, despaired, regrouped, pivoted again and repeated and repeated…• Closed sales with three major automakers and negotiated Joint Development Agreement’s with three Tier 1 suppliers for automotive thermoelectric generators.• Developed a unique automotive thermoelectric exhaust heat recovery generator for GM and demonstrated measureable fuel economy improvement on a vehicle integration test – world first.• Developed and executed product development frameworks integrating lean and agile principles while interfacing with customer’s traditional stage gate processes.• Winner of the 2009 Clean Tech Open and numerous other business and technology awards.

Topsides Mechanical & Interface Engineer

• Oct 2005 - Aug 2008

Skarv Project, BP Norway, Oslo, Norway$5bn oil & gas project in the Norwegian North Sea with subsea wells & floating production facility• Managed the complex technical and contractual interfaces between a supply chain of engineering and construction contractors spread across Europe and Asia. • Led six multi-discipline teams to engineer and procure equipment with a total value of over $20m. Included systems to clean produced water to strict environmental standards and the jet fuel system.• Developed the project produced water disposal strategy, reducing our total environmental impact while saving the project over $53m. Presented to the Norwegian government for approval.

West & East Azeri Area Project Engineer

• Sep 2004 - Oct 2005

ACG Project, Baku, Azerbaijan$10bn oil field development in the Caspian Sea, consisting of six platforms and an onshore terminal. • Led a team of 20 staff to deliver engineering, procurement and project management support for construction and commissioning of two 16,000 Tonne Production and Drilling Topsides. • East Azeri was completed with zero injuries, on budget and 4 months ahead of schedule, leading to additional gross revenues of approximately $1.7bn.

Engineering Change Coordinator

• Sep 2003 - Sep 2004

Led the project Management of Change process and resolved cross-discipline engineering issues.

Pipeline Engineer

• Nov 2002 - Sep 2003

Sunbury-on-Thames, UKConsulted on transient hydraulic modeling of gas transmission systems in China and Algeria.

Project Engineer

• Apr 2002 - Jun 2002

Secondment from BP as a project engineer for a military aviation fuel distribution facility and a refined product pipeline diversion. Secondment from BP as a project engineer for a military aviation fuel distribution facility and a refined product pipeline diversion.

Development Engineer

• Jun 2001 - Sep 2001

Development Engineer on the Tay 611-8c engine for private jets. Derby, UK Development Engineer on the Tay 611-8c engine for private jets. Derby, UK

Design Engineer

• Jun 1999 - Sep 1999

Design Engineer for a nuclear waste processing plant Design Engineer for a nuclear waste processing plant

Fuels Technologist

• Sep 1997 - Jul 1998

Developed software for predicting properties of diesel blends and designed specialty fuels for OEMs. Developed software for predicting properties of diesel blends and designed specialty fuels for OEMs.