Experience

FLEX MARINE POWER LTD

• United Kingdom
• Renewable Energy Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO, Technology & Innovation Director

  • Dec 2015 - Present

  Delivering a programme of development and growth through securing external investment and aligning internal and external resources.- Secured High Growth Venture status under Scottish Enterprise scheme;- Oversaw all public and private finance raising, commercial, and machine development stages, for delivery of FMP's first commercial scale turbine and demonstration project.- Technical and engineering lead, delivering the successful design, manufacture, at-sea installation and operations of the commercial-scale SW1 Swimmer tidal turbine.- Commercial development and expansion of team FlexMarine, delivering significant value growth. Show less

• Engineering Director

  • Nov 2014 - Nov 2015

  Leading the development and demonstration of technology components core to Flex Marine Power's business.- R&D programme management, supported through establishing industrial, university and grant funder collaborations;- Full design, procurement and manufacturing of FMP1 tidal turbine, working across technical disciplines and recruiting specialists to deliver under strict structural, power take-off, control, manufacturing, operations and system cost constraints;- Achieved successful demonstration of the FMP1 turbine in October 2015 and secured strategic angel investment. Show less



Flexsar Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

• Managing Director

  • Oct 2011 - Nov 2014

  Providing leadership to Flexsar Ltd - Providers of specialist management and engineering services to the wave and tidal energy sector. Significant project roles included providing leadership over a 3 year period to Marine Modelling Enabling Action Project on behalf of The Crown Estate. Leading a collaborative technical project between E.ON, Scottish Power Renewables, Marine Current Turbines, Pelamis Wave Power, Aquamarine, MeyGen, and Danish Hydrographic Institute (DHI) to achieve significant advances in the modelling and understanding of ocean energy resources within the UK's flagship Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters strategic area. Leading a tidal turbine research and development programme with scope extending across mechanical and hydrodynamic design, control, powertrains, data collection systems and commercial analysis. Securing innovation research funding and collaboration with university and corporate engineering facilities. Delivering formation of a new technology company. Show less



Frazer-Nash Consultancy

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • 2010 - 2011

• Senior Engineer

  • 2007 - 2010

  Risk Services Group - Technical, Project Management and Business Development- Nuclear and Renewable Energy projects- New business development - Marine Renewable Energy- Marine Energy technology due diligence

• Engineer

  • 2005 - 2007

  Nuclear Power, Marine Safety & Renewable Energy projectsDesign Engineer - Hunterston A Nuclear Decommissioning Site - design and delivery of contamination handling equipment (secondment 2005 - 2006)



ScottishPower Renewables (secondment)

• Marine Engineer (Wave & Tidal)

  • 2008 - 2011

  - Islay Tidal Array - Pre-consent engineering, site identification, surveys and modelling. - Orcadian Wave Farm - Owners Engineer - responsible for £5M+ procurement, installation and commissioning of Pelamis PII. - Pentland Firth & Orkney Waters - bid team for 150MW of wave and tidal site licenses. - Manager for tidal & wave UK-wide site search surveys and resource studies. - Design and procurement £0.5M integrated site survey and resource modelling studies. - Islay Tidal Array - Pre-consent engineering, site identification, surveys and modelling. - Orcadian Wave Farm - Owners Engineer - responsible for £5M+ procurement, installation and commissioning of Pelamis PII. - Pentland Firth & Orkney Waters - bid team for 150MW of wave and tidal site licenses. - Manager for tidal & wave UK-wide site search surveys and resource studies. - Design and procurement £0.5M integrated site survey and resource modelling studies.

• Analyst (Placement)

  • 2002 - 2003

  Engineering analysis and design responsibilities within Structures and Dynamics Groups. Engineering analysis and design responsibilities within Structures and Dynamics Groups.