Experience

Sagentia Innovation

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• • Jan 2010 - Present

  Sagentia is a leading technology consulting and product development company. We provide outsourced R&D services to both start-ups and global market leaders in the medical, industrial and consumer sectors. Mechanical Systems & Design is one of Sagentia's core resource pools complementing our Applied Science and Electronic Systems & Software teams to deliver projects for our clients. As Head of Mechanical Systems & Design I am responsible for development of the team through recruitment, mentoring, training, motivation and pastoral care. My business development activities contribute to maintaining a busy workload for the team along with involvement in projects either through management or technical contribution from design input, IP creation and technical review. Show less

• • Jun 1998 - Dec 2010

  Applying my knowledge as a physicist of electronics, mechanical systems and the electromechanical interface through sensing and actuation to develop product in the medical, consumer and industrial sectors. From Concept through to transfer to manufacture.- Development of surgical robotics systems and endoscopic instruments- Devices for magnetically tagging drug vials in the pharmaceutical industry- Development of control and monitoring for high throughput pharmaceutical processes- Development of Ultrasonic transducer for domestic gas metering applications - Development and transfer to manufacture of both Domestic electric and Mixer showers- Product concept prototyping in Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Domestic appliance sectors- ‘Product Challenge’ projects in the aerospace, industrial and medical sectors - Significant cost reduction in Oxygen concentrators in the medical sector - Competitor product analysis and the audit and selection of contract manufacturers for clients.- Instrumental in the transfer of products designed at Sagentia in to manufacture in Malaysia, The Peoples Republic of China, The Netherlands and The United States Show less



Otter Controls Limited

• United Kingdom
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Developement Engineer

  • Sep 1992 - Jun 1998

  Development Engineer working on product development and production process development of electromechanical thermal protectors predominantly for Automotive applications. The development of electronic motor controls and on-board tyre temperature and pressure monitoring solutions for passenger cars and commercial vehicles Development Engineer working on product development and production process development of electromechanical thermal protectors predominantly for Automotive applications. The development of electronic motor controls and on-board tyre temperature and pressure monitoring solutions for passenger cars and commercial vehicles



DERA

• Weymouth

• Student Internship

  • Jun 1987 - Aug 1988

  Student internship at the underwater weapons research establishment during degree studies Student internship at the underwater weapons research establishment during degree studies