Business Development & Product Manager - Smoke & Fire

• Jul 2022 - Present

National Sales & Specification Manager

• Sep 2016 - Jul 2022

Four decades of the highest quality manufacture have proved that Actionair dampers save lives.Certified life safety is the ultimate motivation behind our ongoing research, development and testing programmes. Creating innovative yet proven products whose preliminary task is to protect buildings but whose ultimate test is to save lives is the definitive engineering challenge that Actionair identifies within all its aspects.Such is our diligence at every stage from initial concept to final commissioning that the best part of everything we design and manufacture routinely surpasses the most stringent life-saving legislation in Europe. Show less

Area Sales Manager

• Apr 2012 - Sep 2016

No small player in the market, Ruskin Air Management is the acknowledged UK market leader in air distribution and fire and smoke control. With three authoritative brand names and 520 years’ combined sales experience, our customers draw huge benefits from a unique interchange of information and investment in shared technology and resources. Supported by our US parent Ruskin Company, the world’s largest and most innovative air control solutions manufacturer, we combine financial stability with pioneering technology, thanks to unrestricted access to sophisticated test and development facilities stateside.Our UK manufacturing facilities are concentrated at two modern production centres – Bridgnorth in Shropshire where Air Diffusion grille and diffuser products are designed and assembled together with Naco metal and glass louvre ranges and Whitstable in Kent where Actionair fire and smoke control dampers and fan coils are fabricated. From a simple grille to a sophisticated computer controlled system, whatever the specification our skilled design teams and sales engineers deliver superior quality, whole-project solutions that are exhaustively trialled and emphatically cost efficient, thanks to our group purchasing power. Ruskin Air Management Limited, is committed to providing innovative solutions for ventilation, fire and smoke control and sunscreening through the pursuit of excellence. Show less

Technical Projects Engineer

• May 2005 - Apr 2012

Gilberts (Blackpool) limited is one of the UK's leading designers and manufacturers of Grilles, Diffusers, Louvres, Smoke/Fire Dampers and Natural Ventilation Systems for the Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning industry. Privately owned, the Company was originally established in 1960 by the owner Gil Haslam. Gilberts (Blackpool) limited is one of the UK's leading designers and manufacturers of Grilles, Diffusers, Louvres, Smoke/Fire Dampers and Natural Ventilation Systems for the Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning industry. Privately owned, the Company was originally established in 1960 by the owner Gil Haslam.

Sales Office Supervisor

• Sep 2000 - May 2005

High priority to customer service and on-going development and investment have contributed to Glasdon Manufacturing''s position as the market leader in Europe. Products include buildings for the accommodation of personnel and the housing of equipment as well as smoking shelters, passenger shelters, cycle shelters, seating, noticeboards, lifebuoy housings, winter gritters and grit bins. High priority to customer service and on-going development and investment have contributed to Glasdon Manufacturing''s position as the market leader in Europe. Products include buildings for the accommodation of personnel and the housing of equipment as well as smoking shelters, passenger shelters, cycle shelters, seating, noticeboards, lifebuoy housings, winter gritters and grit bins.