Max Taylor-Smith
Founder & Engineering Director at Entropy- Claim this Profile
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Certified Scrum Master
Scrum AllianceApr, 2016- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Entropy
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Spain
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founder & Engineering Director
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Feb 2019 - Present
My role within Entropy combines: -ensuring delivery of high quality, high performance design packages -bringing new product roadmap opportunities to higher technical readiness levels -continual company development of the quality and functional efficiency of the design process -operation management and new client outreach -business development within high power density electronics markets My role within Entropy combines: -ensuring delivery of high quality, high performance design packages -bringing new product roadmap opportunities to higher technical readiness levels -continual company development of the quality and functional efficiency of the design process -operation management and new client outreach -business development within high power density electronics markets
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Gin & Temple
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United Kingdom
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Hospitality
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Founder & Director
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Apr 2018 - Nov 2020
Founder of a successful Limited Partnership hospitality start up in Northampton town centre. My role within this start-up has been: -operations: full management of staff, stock delivery and tracking, day-to-day operating and customer interactions, maintaining hygiene -finance: managing cash flow, maintaining and abating overheads and identifying funding support opportunities -promotion and growth: focus on increasing the awareness of the brand and the quality and diversity of the product offerings, achieving a 15% increased revenue for Y2 This task has been a huge challenge to maintain coordination and quality around an otherwise full schedule, but my role as Director has taught an incredible number of skills that will be invaluable to any future business venture. I have developed a passion for entrepreneurship and business development on the back of the success of this venture.
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Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains
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United Kingdom
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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ERS Mechanical Engineer
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Dec 2017 - May 2019
I designed and implemented power train components within the Mercedes Project One vehicle. With a primary focus on design, test and validation of cost down components for the battery system, and design and bring up of the motor generator unit. I designed and implemented power train components within the Mercedes Project One vehicle. With a primary focus on design, test and validation of cost down components for the battery system, and design and bring up of the motor generator unit.
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Vantage Power LTD
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China
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Mining
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Mechanical Design Engineer
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Sep 2017 - Oct 2017
My experience at VP was unfortunately cut short due to internal issues which required the contracts of all employees within their probation period to be terminated prematurely. My experience at VP was unfortunately cut short due to internal issues which required the contracts of all employees within their probation period to be terminated prematurely.
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Abaco Systems, Inc.
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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Mechanical Design Engineer
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Oct 2014 - Sep 2017
I provided analysis and design of both bespoke and high performance embedded SBC heatframes for use in active field situations. This position involved extensive use of Solidworks CAD and CFD analysis software in order to provide a comprehensive analysis of the performance capability of each component, including: -product design and development in accordance with Vita and IEEE -steady state thermal performance in free and forced convection environments -random vibration response in accordance with MIL-STD-8010 I also led NPI (New Product Introductions) design projects requiring requirements capture, resource allocation and budget coordination.
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Education
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2010 - 2014
University of Nottingham
Master's Degree, Mechanical Engineering -
2008 - 2010
College of Richard Collyer
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