Experience

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  Queen's University Belfast

  • United Kingdom
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Honorary Professor

    • 2009 - Present

    After many years as a visiting Prof and/or Professorial Fellow, I am now an Honorary Prof. in Electrical Engineering

  • Honorary Professor Elec Eng

    • 2000 - 2017

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  McCaughan Associates

  • Managing Partner

    • Mar 2001 - Present

    McCaughan Associates is a Technical and Business consultancy

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  Queen's University of Belfast

  • Belfast, Northern Ireland

  • Hon.Prof.

    • 1977 - Present
    • Belfast, Northern Ireland

    I have been in succession, Visiting Professor, Professorial Fellow, and Honorary Professor (current)

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  Kernel Capital Partners

  • Belfast Northern Ireland

  • Partner Emeritus, Kernel Capital

    • Jan 2003 - Apr 2022
    • Belfast Northern Ireland

    As Emeritus Partner I work with the Kernel team on some of our projects. I do occasional due diligence on prospects to help the MD and staff to decide on investments in Kernel. www.kernel-capital.com

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  Trireme Partners

  • UK and USA

  • Board Director

    • 2016 - 2017
    • UK and USA
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  Member of Committees at IoD

  • Member

    • 2002 - 2017
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  Northern Ireland Photographic Association

  • President

    • Apr 2010 - Apr 2012
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  UK Home Office Science Advisory Committee (HOSAC)

  • Home Office, London UK

  • Co-Chair

    • Sep 2004 - Sep 2010
    • Home Office, London UK

    I was initially a member of the UK Police Science and Technology Strategy group, then a member of HOSAC, the for 3 years co-Chair with the Permanent Secretary, Sir David Normington.

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  DHSSPS ( N Ireland Health Service)

  • Independent Board Member

    • 2006 - 2010

    Member of Main Board of the N Ireland Health Service

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  CDT Ltd

  • President

    • 2000 - 2001

    Ran the company for a period in 2000, till moved to working with one of the VC owners on fund raising and VC

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  Nortel Technology

  • Chief Scientist

    • 1988 - 2000

    top level R&D strategy and planning

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  STC Telecommunications LTD (UK)

  • Northern Ireland

  • Director (NITEC)

    • 1988 - 1993
    • Northern Ireland

    Formed, designed built and staffed a new Telecomms R&D organisation, built the premises, hired the first 200+staff, nursed it through growth to a premier R&D centre in Telecomms software and hardware run to a tight budget with an excellent record of on-time top quality dellivery

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  GEC Electronic Devices Ltd

  • Technical Director

    • 1986 - 1988

    GEDL was the amalgamation under Martin Jay of a number of the Components companies in GEC under one Group, for which I was the Technical Director and included EEV (Electro-Optics) for which I was the Technical Director

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  Marconi Electronic Devices Ltd (MEDL)

  • Technical Director

    • 1985 - 1988

    Research Director then Technical Director

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  GEC Hirst Research Centre

  • Assistant Director

    • Jan 1981 - Mar 1985

    Manager of Solid State Devices Research Laboratories, then Assistant Director

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  Royal Signals and Radar Establishment

  • Senior Principal Scientific Officer

    • 1974 - 1981

    SPSO in Electronics Division, Ran the CCD/Silicon Devices Research and SPEL doing Signal Processing devices for Sonar, Radar, Imaging, IR Cameras etc

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  Bell Telephone Laboratories

  • Member of Technical Staff

    • Oct 1968 - Apr 1974

    Member of Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories, in Exploratory Semiconductor Technology and other departments. Worked on MOS/semiconductor technology and devices, pioneering work on effects of plasma etching on MOS devices.