Experience

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  Azurion technology

  • Director

    • Nov 2009 - Present

    As an independent consultant I have: • Redesigned the electronic hardware for a monitor for a medical application to reduce cost and improve manufactureability• Carried out an analysis of a PCB assembly that had caught fire to identify most likely causes and recommend remedial actions• Carried ou...

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  Semblant

  • Melbourn, Cambridgeshire

  • Chief Operating Officer

    • Nov 2008 - Nov 2009
    • Melbourn, Cambridgeshire

    Whilst at PA, I developed a revolutionary surface finish for Printed Circuit Boards and a new venture was set up to commercialise it. I was the founder member of this company and became the Chief Operating Officer.I recruited a technical team to continue the development and I introduced the proc...

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  PA Consulting Group

  • Principal Consultant

    • Oct 1994 - Nov 2008

    After returning to PA in 1994, I was involved in a wide variety of assignments ranging from designing a custom PC for medical data logging purposes, to improving the productivity in a major Japanese telecomms manufacturing company. My knowledge of electronic design, manufacturing and testing enab...

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  Avantel Technology

  • Melbourn, Cambridgeshire

  • Technical Director

    • Aug 1988 - Oct 1994
    • Melbourn, Cambridgeshire

    Avantel Technology was a low to medium volume contract manufacturing company that specialised in advanced manufacturing techniques. As Technical Director and co-founder of the company I gained considerable experience in all aspects of setting up and running a manufacturing company. I was responsi...

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  PA Consulting Group

  • Melbourn Cambridgeshire

  • Senior Consultant

    • Aug 1979 - Aug 1988
    • Melbourn Cambridgeshire

    I was originally employed by PA from 1979 to 1988 in the Electronics Group as a Senior Consultant. During this period I was responsible for the electronic hardware design for a wide variety of applications including several embedded processor products and have taken numerous designs through to p...

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  Kent Automation

  • Hitchin, hertfordshire

  • Senior Engineer

    • Aug 1978 - Aug 1979
    • Hitchin, hertfordshire

    As a Senior Engineer in the Telemetry Group, I was responsible for a number of modem designs and for the software for a remote telemetry outstation.

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  Cossor Electronics

  • Harlow Essex

  • Senior Engineer

    • Sep 1969 - Aug 1978
    • Harlow Essex

    I started as a Student Apprentice and progressed to Senior Engineer. I worked on a number of different projects for the Ministry of Defence including a Tempest-proof communications receiver for naval applications, an Instrument Landing System for aircrafts and a radar test set.