Experience

KeTech

• United Kingdom
• Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Director and Board Member

  • Oct 2017 - Present

  Responsibilities; Providing technical direction across the company. Developing new concepts and products. Company Design & Technical Authority. Ensuring KeTech stays ahead of the competition. Development of KeTech’s technical strategy. Development of new and existing customer relationships and opportunities. Key role in the achievement of KeTech’s Strategic Business Plan.

• Company Technical Manager

  • Jun 2015 - Oct 2017

  Developing new concepts and products. Company Design & Technical Authority. Development of KeTech’s technical strategy. Development of new and existing customer relationships and opportunities. Key role in the achievement of KeTech’s Strategic Business Plan.

• Principal Technical Consultant

  • May 2004 - Jun 2015

  Responsibilities included; Technical Authority role for equipment development and systems engineering activities on Underground/Rail projects and Tenders, Technical Consultant to Business Development (concept designs through to implementation), working with customers to formulate project technical requirements. Design responsibility for KeTech's Track-to-Train video transmission system. Technical liaison for OTN (Open Transport Network) issues. Responsible for product development (video & RF… Show more Responsibilities included; Technical Authority role for equipment development and systems engineering activities on Underground/Rail projects and Tenders, Technical Consultant to Business Development (concept designs through to implementation), working with customers to formulate project technical requirements. Design responsibility for KeTech's Track-to-Train video transmission system. Technical liaison for OTN (Open Transport Network) issues. Responsible for product development (video & RF transmission equipment, Wireless PA and others). Consultancy for London Underground on communications projects. Negotiation of national/international supplier partnerships. Experience at KeTech has involved working in the following countries: Canada, Switzerland, Belgium, France and Germany.



Thales

• France
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Systems Engineer (Short term contract)

  • Sep 2003 - May 2004

  Responsible for the design of a large fibre optic transmission network and research to assess the technical viability of microwave vehicle tagging systems for a network wide London Underground project. Carried out live trials to assess RF performance/propagation characteristics and producing coverage models. Responsible for the design of a large fibre optic transmission network and research to assess the technical viability of microwave vehicle tagging systems for a network wide London Underground project. Carried out live trials to assess RF performance/propagation characteristics and producing coverage models.



Optical Networks Ltd

• Principal Systems Engineer

  • Jun 2000 - Aug 2003

  Responsibilities: Design of fibre optic transmission networks (Open Transport Network/OTN) for MTRC (Hong Kong) and Nexus Metro (Newcastle). Activities included: electronic design & rail related retail communications design. Experience at Optical Networks involved working in the following countries; Hong Kong and Belgium. Responsibilities: Design of fibre optic transmission networks (Open Transport Network/OTN) for MTRC (Hong Kong) and Nexus Metro (Newcastle). Activities included: electronic design & rail related retail communications design. Experience at Optical Networks involved working in the following countries; Hong Kong and Belgium.



Datel Rail Systems / Datel Technology

• Principal Engineer

  • Jan 1993 - May 2000

  Responsibilities: Systems design of large scale CCTV systems e.g. Jubilee Line including development of a Track to Train CCTV transmission system in conjunction with a supplier in France. Carried out a detailed research project for London Underground looking into the feasibility of various Track to Train transmission technologies (Microwave 2 and 58GHz, Laser, LED and Leaky feeder) for use on the underground, in the lab and on-site in live trials, including determination of propagation… Show more Responsibilities: Systems design of large scale CCTV systems e.g. Jubilee Line including development of a Track to Train CCTV transmission system in conjunction with a supplier in France. Carried out a detailed research project for London Underground looking into the feasibility of various Track to Train transmission technologies (Microwave 2 and 58GHz, Laser, LED and Leaky feeder) for use on the underground, in the lab and on-site in live trials, including determination of propagation characteristics in underground environments. Secondment to Datel Defence/BAE Systems included problem solving and design of Tornado GR4 Avionics (CRA/FLIR/HUD). Experience working in the following countries: France, Belgium, Hong Kong & Germany. Show less Responsibilities: Systems design of large scale CCTV systems e.g. Jubilee Line including development of a Track to Train CCTV transmission system in conjunction with a supplier in France. Carried out a detailed research project for London Underground looking into the feasibility of various Track to Train transmission technologies (Microwave 2 and 58GHz, Laser, LED and Leaky feeder) for use on the underground, in the lab and on-site in live trials, including determination of propagation… Show more Responsibilities: Systems design of large scale CCTV systems e.g. Jubilee Line including development of a Track to Train CCTV transmission system in conjunction with a supplier in France. Carried out a detailed research project for London Underground looking into the feasibility of various Track to Train transmission technologies (Microwave 2 and 58GHz, Laser, LED and Leaky feeder) for use on the underground, in the lab and on-site in live trials, including determination of propagation characteristics in underground environments. Secondment to Datel Defence/BAE Systems included problem solving and design of Tornado GR4 Avionics (CRA/FLIR/HUD). Experience working in the following countries: France, Belgium, Hong Kong & Germany. Show less



Aerolux Ltd

• Senior Electrical & Electronic Design Engineer

  • Sep 1987 - Dec 1992

  Experience included projects for numerous airlines and design of equipment to be retrofitted to MD11, BAE 125, Concorde, MD82 & DC10. Obtained CAA Design Authority status for electrical and electronic design of aircraft equipment. Experience at Aerolux included working in the following countries. France, Germany and USA. Experience included projects for numerous airlines and design of equipment to be retrofitted to MD11, BAE 125, Concorde, MD82 & DC10. Obtained CAA Design Authority status for electrical and electronic design of aircraft equipment. Experience at Aerolux included working in the following countries. France, Germany and USA.