Experience

DigiLocal CIO

• United Kingdom
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Dec 2019 - Present

  United Kingdom Supporting communities to run fun and engaging tech clubs for their young people. Our mission is to support a tech club for young people with every community in the UK that would like to provide one. Our clubs promote the problem solving skills and resilience that are critical to developing a career (specifically in high tech, but actually in any future employment). We do this through self-directed learning within a friendly club environment. We don't means-test, we don't have a… Show more Supporting communities to run fun and engaging tech clubs for their young people. Our mission is to support a tech club for young people with every community in the UK that would like to provide one. Our clubs promote the problem solving skills and resilience that are critical to developing a career (specifically in high tech, but actually in any future employment). We do this through self-directed learning within a friendly club environment. We don't means-test, we don't have a fixed-term calendar, we don't hold end-of-term exams; we want to excite young people about the opportunities that high tech can hold for them. Show less



jbsh

• Managing Partner

  • May 2007 - Present

  Entrepreneurial consultancy inc. business plans, market development, investor readiness and pitching; focusing on engineering and technology sectors addressing B2B, B2C and C2C.



EMC - EcoMedia Collective

• Non-Exec Advisory Group Member

  • Sep 2010 - Present

  Bristol, United Kingdom Providing strategic business guidance to a new social enterprise. Advising on opportunities and implementation of business plans. Registered Community Interest Company #07521090



High Tech Bristol and Bath CIC

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• CEO

  • Apr 2016 - Dec 2019

  Bristol, United Kingdom HBB is a membership company for the high tech community around Bristol & Bath. I'm responsible for working with the senior tech leaders in the region to identify our strategic strengths and develop programmes to support and enhance them. Working on behalf of our tech clusters, HBB organises high quality conferences to promote the region and the companies within it (Bristol TechFin, MAAXX Europe, OpenStack Days UK, and Voxxed Days Bristol), meetup groups to enhance developer engagement… Show more HBB is a membership company for the high tech community around Bristol & Bath. I'm responsible for working with the senior tech leaders in the region to identify our strategic strengths and develop programmes to support and enhance them. Working on behalf of our tech clusters, HBB organises high quality conferences to promote the region and the companies within it (Bristol TechFin, MAAXX Europe, OpenStack Days UK, and Voxxed Days Bristol), meetup groups to enhance developer engagement (SW Cloud, SW Data, SW IOT). We also support community based tech clubs for kids to bring on the next generation of high tech engineers (DigiLocal). As a CEO of a micro-start up, I also do the strategic business planning, accounting, legals, data & technology management (website & CRM), marketing, HR, statutory reporting, and coffee making. :-)

• Network Manager

  • Oct 2014 - Mar 2016

  Bristol & Bath I am responsible for establishing HBB as a viable going concern. This includes developing the business strategy, products & services, financial forecasts, governance arrangements, partnerships with other organisations, and statutory reporting to relevant authorities. The key service that HBB offers are actively managed Special Interest Groups for the high tech community in the Bristol & Bath region. Each is led by 3 senior industry champions, draws its membership from the community, and… Show more I am responsible for establishing HBB as a viable going concern. This includes developing the business strategy, products & services, financial forecasts, governance arrangements, partnerships with other organisations, and statutory reporting to relevant authorities. The key service that HBB offers are actively managed Special Interest Groups for the high tech community in the Bristol & Bath region. Each is led by 3 senior industry champions, draws its membership from the community, and addresses strategic opportunities identified by the community. HBB is a new membership organisation so demonstrating value to the members is critical to its survival and growth. It receives no public grant funding, it is funded by the high tech community.



Aerospace Growth Partnership

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

• NATEP National Technology Manager

  • Oct 2014 - Mar 2016

  United Kingdom Working with the Regional delivery partners I; - support aerospace supply chain companies writing new funding applications; - provide specialist support on IP, technology road mapping, and exploitation; - provide technical guidance on project deliver; - support the Regional and National teams in delivering NATEP.



University of the West of England

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Lecturer : Knowledge Exchange

  • Sep 2010 - Sep 2014

  Bristol, United Kingdom Helping companies find and implement good ideas to improve their bottom line. The iNets encourage innovation by providing bespoke support, access to specialist information and research and bringing together businesses, universities and others to share knowledge, expertise and best practice. My role is part of the Aerospace & Advanced Engineering iNET. My research interest is around the concept of absorptive capacity and how this can help businesses manage and implement innovation… Show more Helping companies find and implement good ideas to improve their bottom line. The iNets encourage innovation by providing bespoke support, access to specialist information and research and bringing together businesses, universities and others to share knowledge, expertise and best practice. My role is part of the Aerospace & Advanced Engineering iNET. My research interest is around the concept of absorptive capacity and how this can help businesses manage and implement innovation better. Show less



Science City Bristol

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations

• Manager

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2010

  Bristol city region was proud to be designated one of the UK's science cities by the Chancellor during his Budget speech in November 2005. Bristol and the surrounding region was chosen because of its world-class academic research, strong scientific SME-base, and its potential to drive economic development through science and innovation.



Knowledge West

• United Kingdom
• Education Management

• Flagship Initative Adviser

  • Jul 2007 - Jun 2009

  Knowledge West is a Centre for Knowledge Exchange (one of 22 across the UK) involving the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Gloucestershire and West England, Bath Spa College and the Royal Agricultural College, together with Business West. I am identifying innovative, knowledge-based initiatives that are of significance to the sub-region and building demand-led collaborations. I am identifying specific expertise within the partner HEIs that might be brought to bear on selected… Show more Knowledge West is a Centre for Knowledge Exchange (one of 22 across the UK) involving the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Gloucestershire and West England, Bath Spa College and the Royal Agricultural College, together with Business West. I am identifying innovative, knowledge-based initiatives that are of significance to the sub-region and building demand-led collaborations. I am identifying specific expertise within the partner HEIs that might be brought to bear on selected initiatives. As a demand-led initiative I am identifying partners within business who might participate in collaborative reference groups addressing a selected initiative area. http://www.knowledgewest.org.uk/ Show less



Futurelab

• South Africa
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Business Development Manager

  • Jun 2005 - May 2007

  - Drafting business plans to attract spin-out or partnering finance for 8 ventures representing a mix of software and hardware developments. Two were specifically developed as exploitation of internally generated IP (including Patent Applications, Trade Mark Registrations, company and domain name registration, etc). These have been presented to investors verbally at a Venture Fair, in one-on-one meetings, and in writing as investment prospectuses with early successes. - I initiated Futurelab… Show more - Drafting business plans to attract spin-out or partnering finance for 8 ventures representing a mix of software and hardware developments. Two were specifically developed as exploitation of internally generated IP (including Patent Applications, Trade Mark Registrations, company and domain name registration, etc). These have been presented to investors verbally at a Venture Fair, in one-on-one meetings, and in writing as investment prospectuses with early successes. - I initiated Futurelab involvement in building 2 DTI R&D consortia and supported our involvement in 2 FP6 IP project building consortia. Show less

• Business Sector Manager

  • Jan 2003 - Jun 2005

  As the contact point between the Regional Higher Education Business Advisory Network an industry, I undertook needs analyses to direct business to the best service provider from the network of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and other business-support agencies – particularly Business Links and South West Manufacturing Advisory Service. - Secured 6 new projects circa £100,000 each over 2 year contract period and supported the securing of a further 5 - When including business… Show more As the contact point between the Regional Higher Education Business Advisory Network an industry, I undertook needs analyses to direct business to the best service provider from the network of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and other business-support agencies – particularly Business Links and South West Manufacturing Advisory Service. - Secured 6 new projects circa £100,000 each over 2 year contract period and supported the securing of a further 5 - When including business benefit to industry partners on the above projects this represents nearly £800,000 value added to the West of England economy (as measured by SWRDA) - Project managed, reported and over-delivered on UWE responsibilities for Knowledge Exploitation South West project, total project value £4m over 4 years - Provided direct bid writing support for KESW 2 for a further £4.2m over 3 years - Developed in-house database to track project delivery Show less



Common Purpose

• United Kingdom
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 100 - 200 Employee

• South West Navigator 2003

  • 2003 - 2003

  Bristol, United Kingdom Common Purpose Navigator gives you the leadership kit you never expected. The course deals with real-life issues and insights, so it is neither classroom nor lecture-based. For example, we'll put you in a prison, take you to a hospital or get you into a production plant. We go beyond standard leadership models and learn instead from the successes and failures of leaders from all sectors. Participants are taken out of their familiar environment to examine why, when and how they lead.



University of Plymouth

• Higher Education

• Project Manager

  • 2000 - 2003

  - Submitted 3 Expressions of Interest for EU Framework 6 Integrated Projects, circa €10m-€50m using Prince2 method - Secured 3 EU research projects under Framework 5 (€2m, 18 months, 8 partners; €5m, 36 months, 6 partners; €1.8m, 24 months, 12 partners) - Responsible for specification, drafting, submission, negotiation, management and close-out of commercial projects (total value £180,000 in 9 months – typically £5k to £50k and between 1 and 12 months) using Prince2 where practicable… Show more - Submitted 3 Expressions of Interest for EU Framework 6 Integrated Projects, circa €10m-€50m using Prince2 method - Secured 3 EU research projects under Framework 5 (€2m, 18 months, 8 partners; €5m, 36 months, 6 partners; €1.8m, 24 months, 12 partners) - Responsible for specification, drafting, submission, negotiation, management and close-out of commercial projects (total value £180,000 in 9 months – typically £5k to £50k and between 1 and 12 months) using Prince2 where practicable - Submission of two SMART Awards (£60,000 each) using Prince2 method - Drafting Licensing Agreements, Collaboration Agreements and project contracts - Responsible for Faculty of Technology; Computing, Mechanical and Marine Engineering, Communications and Electronic Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Architecture - Led 2 Admin Support plus co-ordinating commercial suppliers of ICT training modules for EU/RDA funded project (18 months, £256k)

• Research Associate / Lecturer

  • 1997 - 2000

  - User Navigated Computerised Learning Environment (UNCLE, 18 months, €2m, 8 partners) - Business Process Re-engineering methodology and Process Based Change management matrix - Specified cognitive learning structure for software-mediated environment - Validation with GKN Westlands Aerospace, Spinnaker International, Nokia Fixed Switching and Routerrukki Metaform - Application of IDEF0 activity based modelling method and development of models in QPR-ProcessGuide4.0 and BPWin -… Show more - User Navigated Computerised Learning Environment (UNCLE, 18 months, €2m, 8 partners) - Business Process Re-engineering methodology and Process Based Change management matrix - Specified cognitive learning structure for software-mediated environment - Validation with GKN Westlands Aerospace, Spinnaker International, Nokia Fixed Switching and Routerrukki Metaform - Application of IDEF0 activity based modelling method and development of models in QPR-ProcessGuide4.0 and BPWin - Familarity gained with Viso Pro, iGrafx – Process for 6 Sigma through comparative testing - MFRG206/MEDM306 – Systems Analysis and Design - Taught project management methods, development of IDEF0 models and database specifications



Crydom Magnetics Ltd

• Production Engineer

  • Sep 1995 - Dec 1997

  Teaching Company Scheme (now called Knowledge Transfer Partnerships - http://www.ktponline.org.uk/) - Developing automated production equipment, supporting design with DFM input, supported production planning with MRP & MRPII theory to practice. - Development automated production solutions - Production engineering, Design For Manufacture support - Production planning, MRP, MRPII, EPR, PBC, TOC, JIT, etc - Experience with JAVA, asp, TurboPascal, VB6, C++, ADA and PLC's