Experience

SMK Electronics (Europe) Ltd

• Ireland
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy General Manager Of Sales

  • Apr 2018 - Present

  Responsible for the promotion of SMK and the development of new customers and business within the European marketplace. SMK Electronics (Europe) Ltd, a division of SMK Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, has long been a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of a wide range of components including remote controls, connectors, plugs/jacks, switches, antennae, communication modules, camera modules, touch panels used in the consumer electronic, mobile phone, automotive, medical, home automation, industrial application markets. Specialising in miniaturisation and with local and global R&D and production facilities SMK is in an unique position to support the quick moving, ever changing and demanding automotive, consumer, industrial, mobile and IoT markets. For more information, visit our website www.smkeurope.com. Show less

• Business Development Manager

  • Jul 2013 - Apr 2018



Sony Environment, Occupational Health & Safety Affairs Europe

• Barcelona

• General Manager, Home Entertainment & Sound Business Environmental Support

  • Jul 2012 - Jun 2013

  European Ecodesign lobbyist on behalf of Home Entertainment and Sound providing intelligence and advice to ensure Sony products meet ever demanding environmental requirements. (Elected) Issue Leader Television Ecodesign group, DIGITALEUROPE (Elected) TC100X WG01 Convenor CENELEC Technical expert IEC MT62087 Technical lobbyist for Network Standby (ErP Lot 26) in Consumer Electronics, DIGITALEUROPE European Ecodesign lobbyist on behalf of Home Entertainment and Sound providing intelligence and advice to ensure Sony products meet ever demanding environmental requirements. (Elected) Issue Leader Television Ecodesign group, DIGITALEUROPE (Elected) TC100X WG01 Convenor CENELEC Technical expert IEC MT62087 Technical lobbyist for Network Standby (ErP Lot 26) in Consumer Electronics, DIGITALEUROPE



Sony Home Entertainment of Europe

• Barcelona

• General Manager

  • Apr 2006 - Jul 2012

  Expatriated to Spain to manage all non-direct design activities (cost reduction, PWB design, IT support, design trials, €22m+ budget making and control, salary, performance assessment, working conditions etc), of a team of 210 engineering staff responsible for the development, introduction and control of the Europe TV business (8m units pa). As DIGITALEUROPE technical lobbyist for ErP Lot 5, and UK technical expert IEC MT62087, the environmental role was greatly expanded in a period that proved critical to ecodesign with the introduction of the first pieces of ErP and labelling legislation for TV. Reported to: Vice President, Engineering. Direct reports: 4. Indirect reports: 19.  Developed Design-To-Cost (DTC) program delivering €25m pre on-line material cost savings.  Continually ensured below budget performance of European design teams.  Administrated the outsourcing of TV design to an EMS provider, reducing headcount by 140.  Organised the construction of a new office and the successful movement of 90 staff.  Accomplished the introduction ErP lot 5 legislation with minimal impact to TV industry.  Expedited the design of Sony TVs ensuring all were compliant with ErP Lot 5 legislation 2 years ahead of schedule, resulting in zero scrap costs.  Developed IEC62087 Edition 2 power consumption test method for TV. Show less



Sony Television of Europe

• Basingstoke

• Senior Manager

  • 2002 - 2006

  Transferred to Basingstoke in order to establish a Design HQ function. Responsible for Europe-wide Value Analysis (VA) activity and established the Engineering and Procurement Material Strategy Meeting which was used to develop the strategy for component Cost Reduction (CD) and Value Analysis (VA) and to ensure maximised cost savings prior to new model launch. Appointed as TVoE Environmental Manager, responsible for lobbying government and trade organizations for matters of energy consumption, chemicals, waste, etc. Reported to: Director of Design and Development. Direct reports: 3 UK, 6 Spain.  Managed 8-man engineering team to achieve €5m savings pa.  Contributed to >€30m CD pa. by providing of technical support in Asian vendor negotiations  Major contributor to growth of LCD TV business: 700% growth in 3 years.  Introduced the RoHS Directive to TVoE, all models compliant 6 months ahead of schedule. Show less



Sony (UK) Ltd.

• Pencoed

• Senior Manager, Development Department

  • 1997 - 2002

  Managed all electrical component development, approval and sourcing activities. Reported to: Director of Design and Development. 6 direct reports.  Organised 2 Asian road-shows reviewing >700 potential vendors identifying >$20m VA opportunity  Achieved cost reductions of >£2m pa.  Reduced component approval time by >50% using 6-sigma methodology. Managed all electrical component development, approval and sourcing activities. Reported to: Director of Design and Development. 6 direct reports.  Organised 2 Asian road-shows reviewing >700 potential vendors identifying >$20m VA opportunity  Achieved cost reductions of >£2m pa.  Reduced component approval time by >50% using 6-sigma methodology.



Sony International (Singapore) Ltd.

• Singapore

• Manager, Parts Development and Engineering

  • 1996 - 1997

  Expatriated to Singapore and established Singapore Parts Engineering. Overcome great local political problems to start large-scale resource from Europe to Asia. Reported to: Senior Manager, Sony International (Singapore). 2 direct reports.  Improved Sony International (Singapore) turnover with Europe by 50% ($33m).  Achieved cost reductions of $8m. Expatriated to Singapore and established Singapore Parts Engineering. Overcome great local political problems to start large-scale resource from Europe to Asia. Reported to: Senior Manager, Sony International (Singapore). 2 direct reports.  Improved Sony International (Singapore) turnover with Europe by 50% ($33m).  Achieved cost reductions of $8m.



Sony Corporation, Japan

• Osaki, Tokyo

• Component Engineer

  • 1994 - 1996

  Expatriated to Japan in order to learn the Sony Approval system and start the process of transfer of Component Engineering responsibilities.  Translated Japanese systems into usable formats for overseas Component Engineering groups,  Defined and wrote SS-00233-3, "Guideline for Electrical Parts Approval" Expatriated to Japan in order to learn the Sony Approval system and start the process of transfer of Component Engineering responsibilities.  Translated Japanese systems into usable formats for overseas Component Engineering groups,  Defined and wrote SS-00233-3, "Guideline for Electrical Parts Approval"



Sony (UK) Ltd.

• Bridgend

• Component Engineer, Development Department

  • 1990 - 1994



Sony (UK) Ltd

• Supervisor/Engineer, Component Quality Control

  • 1984 - 1990

  Reported to: Senior Manager, Component Quality Control. 8 direct reports. Converted the component quality philosophy from AQL to Zero Defect. Reduction of component on-line failure rate from 30% to <1% in 4 years. Initiated local component development and sourcing activity.

• Engineering Apprentice

  • 1980 - 1984