Experience

Metro Safety Group

• United Kingdom
• Facilities Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Innovation, Operations and IT Director

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  London, United Kingdom

• Non Executive Director

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  London, United Kingdom I stepped into the METRO Safety Group to assist and mentor them on their transformation into a PropTech company by going digital and gaining efficiencies, whilst providing improved, faster, more accurate and more valuable services to its customers. Then to more directly take the reigns as Covid struck to keep the business going during challenging times. The PropTech transformation started via digitization with MOBY, an internally developed WebApp for our 200 odd field operatives… Show more I stepped into the METRO Safety Group to assist and mentor them on their transformation into a PropTech company by going digital and gaining efficiencies, whilst providing improved, faster, more accurate and more valuable services to its customers. Then to more directly take the reigns as Covid struck to keep the business going during challenging times. The PropTech transformation started via digitization with MOBY, an internally developed WebApp for our 200 odd field operatives replacing paper forms. Next we started a journey with Salesforce.com to implement a 360 degree CRM approach and replace our outdated systems. We have implemented Sales, Service, Field Service and Communities. DocuSign has been added to further digitize and reduce even more paper and we are utilizing AWS S3 for image storage and management. Image AI will likely be our next development. IoT is on the radar as are many other interesting initiatives. In addition we have improved our Management reporting to gain more insights into the business as a whole, and after implementing MS365 we are actively and successfully using MS TEAMs harnessing its power for improved internal collaboration and communication. The above has resulted in doubling our EBITA and a leaner organization structure with an ongoing cultural change towards innovation and digitization.



KORU SOLUTIONS LIMITED

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services

• Founder || CEO

  • Sep 1995 - Present

  London, United Kingdom Consulting focused on Project Management (SCRUM/Agile), Production (including LEAN and TPM), Plant Layout and Design, Design Thinking, Operations, Supply Chain, Robotics, Digitization, Agile Organisation Design, IoT, Cloud Computing, Salesforce.com, discovering and delivering innovations and improvements to its customers. Clients have included Unilever, Magyar Oil (MOL), Nestle Waters, Milliken, Dixon Glass, Tersus, Metro Safety as well as small SMEs and startups.



TERSUS Solutions

• United States
• Textile Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member of Advisory Board - Strategic Advisor

  • Sep 2016 - Nov 2017

  Littleton, Colorado TERSUS was a liquid carbon dioxide-based platform for cleaning, coating, & sterilizing of fabrics and textiles. Conventional textile processing is water/energy/chemical intensive, and enormously wasteful. Liquid CO2 is abundant, cheap, completely sustainable, and carbon neutral. Sadly it went into voluntary receivership.



CWS Group

• Germany
• Environmental Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Board Member - Chief Operating Officer

  • Jun 2010 - Jun 2016

  Duisburg Area, Germany Member of the Executive Board. Responsible globally for the operations of the company including the complete supply chain, 1600 service vehicles, 160 depots, over 50 production facilities in over 19 countries and 7000 staff. As well, all procurement of around €550m/annum including Washroom (Plastic dispensers and various chemicals and paper consumables), Textiles (workwear garments and linen), management of Garment Cut & Make facilities around the world and indirect purchasing. CWS-boco GmbH… Show more Member of the Executive Board. Responsible globally for the operations of the company including the complete supply chain, 1600 service vehicles, 160 depots, over 50 production facilities in over 19 countries and 7000 staff. As well, all procurement of around €550m/annum including Washroom (Plastic dispensers and various chemicals and paper consumables), Textiles (workwear garments and linen), management of Garment Cut & Make facilities around the world and indirect purchasing. CWS-boco GmbH is a 100% owned entity of the Haniel Group.

• General Manager China

  • Aug 2007 - Sep 2010

  Shanghai City, China Was first employee of the greenfield entity which was a direct foreign investment (WOFI) of the holding company CWS-boco. Established two greenfield state of the art hygienic Laundry facilities, first in Shanghai, next in Beijing (including the first off premise Chinese GMP certified Cleanroom laundry in China), logistics networks to go with these, sales, marketing, administration and IT behind, while growing the business to almost €10m revenue with over 500 FTEs.

• Corporate Head of Operations

  • Jul 2004 - Aug 2007

  Duisburg Area, Germany Formerly known as HTS International. Responsible for the total network of Laundries, including improvement of existing and construction of new facilities, etc... launched LEAN training and developed up and implemented more agile laundry plants and processes.



Unilever

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Engineer / Project Manager / Senior Project Manager

  • Jun 1990 - Feb 2000

  Petone, New Zealand, Port Sunlight, UK, Nyirbator, Hungary, Istanbul, Turkey Worked in Petone New Zealand, Port Sunlight UK, Nyirbator Hungary and Istanbul Turkey in a variety of Engineering, Supply Chain and Operations roles from building factories and major engineering projects circa 20 million NZD both greenfield and brownfield to re-engineering operations and supply chain organisationally making savings in the realms of 20 million GBP.



Reserve Bank of New Zealand

• Banking
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Medical Benefits Officer

  • May 1990 - Jun 1990

  Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand Checked and awarded medical claims of Reserve Bank Employees



U.S. House of Representatives

• United States
• Legislative Offices
• 700 & Above Employee

• Congressional Internship - Office of Congressman Peter DeFazio

  • Jan 1990 - Apr 1990

  Washington D.C. Metro Area



Drillex

• Offsider (Roughneck)

  • Oct 1988 - Mar 1989

  Big Bell Mine Western Australia Member of two man shift crew responsible for operating mobile drilling rig in the extreme heat and dust of the remote Australian outback with long shifts and for extended deployments.



Waitaki NZR

• Fitters Mate

  • Oct 1986 - Mar 1988

  Burnside Freezing Works, Dunedin, New Zealand Worked for two seasons from October to March 1986-1987 and 1987-1988



Clutha Leathers

• Fellmonger

  • Oct 1985 - Jun 1986

  Dunedin New Zealand



Brabant Textiles

• Sales Representative

  • Nov 1984 - Jan 1985

  Dunedin New Zealand