Secretary

• Sep 2011 - Present

Secretary of WRTI, the Wessex Round Table of Inventors (www.wrti.org.uk). Based at Southampton Solent University in the UK, we are a self-help group for inventors sharing experiences of the world of innovation. My role is dealing with enquiries, arranging speakers, writing minutes of committee meetings etc.I an still active as an inventor myself, currently working on ideas to improve the design of trains: energy management and coach design.

Group Leader, Advanced Development

• Jun 2004 - Jan 2007

In addition to my previous research and university link roles, returning to the functional manager role as group leader of a small team developing new 'connected systems' concepts in the Advanced Systems Laboratory such as NFC tags on mobile phones initiating actions on home entertainment devices. Still filing patent applications, my last one being for position sensing using ludspeakers as microphones. If my counting is correct, it worked out at 36 patent applications for nearly 36 years in the electronics industry before retiring. A few months before I left, the Philips Semiconductors division was sold and became NXP Semiconductors.

Research & Special Projects Manager

• Jun 1998 - Jun 2004

Section Manager, Teletext

• Sep 1990 - Jun 1998

Group Leader, Teletext

• May 1986 - Sep 1990

Now the leader of a group in the Philips Components Applications Laboratory responsible for the design of teletext systems and decoders, liaising with broadcasters/standardisation authorities, TV setmaker customers and promoting the system around the world. Regular presenter at the ICCE conference in Chicago. Role more managerial, but still some involvement in technical detail.

Project Leader, then Section Leader; Teletext

• Feb 1980 - May 1986

Application Engineer

• Jun 1978 - Feb 1980

Engineer

• Sep 1971 - Jun 1978