Experience

Blue Bear Systems Research Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• UAV Pilot/Engineer

  • Feb 2019 - Present

  UAV Pilot flying heavy lift (up to 25kg) aircraft. UAV Engineer supporting the design, build and flying of company UAV's. UAV Pilot flying heavy lift (up to 25kg) aircraft. UAV Engineer supporting the design, build and flying of company UAV's.



Self Employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Drone Practical Flight Test Assessor and Operations Manual Reviewer

  • Apr 2018 - Feb 2019

  As a Practical Flight Test Assessor, I provided an assessment service to NQE's in order to assess their candidates for their CAA approved commercial drone courses. This involved not only assessing candidate's practical flying skills, but also assessing their pre-flight air and ground assessments, aircraft checks and pre-flight paperwork. I also provided an Operations Manual review service to NQE's in order to review and critique their candidate's Operations Manuals. As a Practical Flight Test Assessor, I provided an assessment service to NQE's in order to assess their candidates for their CAA approved commercial drone courses. This involved not only assessing candidate's practical flying skills, but also assessing their pre-flight air and ground assessments, aircraft checks and pre-flight paperwork. I also provided an Operations Manual review service to NQE's in order to review and critique their candidate's Operations Manuals.



Consortiq

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Pilot

  • Aug 2016 - Apr 2018

  My primary roles are to fly any of the company’s drones for commercial filming and to train and assess candidates who are seeking to gain a formal Civil Aviation Authority qualification to fly drones for commercial use. As a pilot of a 15kg drone, I must adhere to UK air law and company safety procedures whilst also providing the required service level to clients. As Flight Assessor, I must assess candidates who are taking their flight assessment as part of their examination towards gaining their commercial drone qualification. This involves not only assessing their flying skills, but also, and primarily, assessing their attitude to safety and compliance with air law and written procedures. I also wrote, and maintained the company Operations Manual. This Operations Manual details all procedures for the safe flight operations for all the company drones by all approved company drone pilots. Show less



Cloud12

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Director and Chief Drone Pilot

  • Feb 2012 - Aug 2016

  Development, building, testing, setting up, repairs and maintaining Cloud 12 Small Unmanned Aircraft. Primary pilot of Cloud 12 Small Unmanned Aircraft, principally used for aerial filming and photography. Development, building, testing, setting up, repairs and maintaining Cloud 12 Small Unmanned Aircraft. Primary pilot of Cloud 12 Small Unmanned Aircraft, principally used for aerial filming and photography.



Parkare Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Biotechnology

• Senior Technical Support Engineer

  • Jan 2000 - Mar 2013

  I originally started as their first dedicated quality control personnel. In this role, I created the first set of quality control procedures and inspection checklists for all the car park machines that were manufactured in the factory. This provided, for the first time, the efficient installation and commissioning of the machines by reducing setup and fault corrections on site. After approximately two years, I moved to the Technical Support department where I was based at the factory giving verbal advice to field-based engineers that were having difficulty in identifying or fixing on-site machine faults. I advanced to Senior Technical Support Engineer and often travelled anywhere in the UK and occasionally abroad to effect permanent repairs to machines which often had complex faults. Show less



GT Electronics

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sole Proprieter

  • Nov 1989 - Jan 2000

  Running a small (3-5 employees) electronic/electrical assembly business. Procuring the electronic components and assembling them onto bare Printed Circuit Boards, both PTH and SMD. Testing of the completed circuit boards in accordance with clients specifications. Design of the bare PCB's, up to eight layers. Cable assemblies. Running a small (3-5 employees) electronic/electrical assembly business. Procuring the electronic components and assembling them onto bare Printed Circuit Boards, both PTH and SMD. Testing of the completed circuit boards in accordance with clients specifications. Design of the bare PCB's, up to eight layers. Cable assemblies.



GRC Electronics (Mfg.) Ltd.

• Prototype Wireman

  • Sep 1982 - Nov 1989

  I was one of four prototype wiremen in the company building prototype factory test equipment for defence companies such as British Aerospace (Dynamics Division) and Rolls Royce. I also built and wired mainframe computer cabinets as well as assembled electronic circuit boards and cable looms. I was one of four prototype wiremen in the company building prototype factory test equipment for defence companies such as British Aerospace (Dynamics Division) and Rolls Royce. I also built and wired mainframe computer cabinets as well as assembled electronic circuit boards and cable looms.