Experience

Atherton Bikes

• United Kingdom
• Sporting Goods Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Design

  • Nov 2018 - Present

• Head of Product Design

  • Feb 2019 - Present



Robot Bike Co

• United Kingdom
• Mining

• Lead Designer

  • May 2016 - Feb 2019

  Significant achievements: • Lead product and industrial design on a range of world first 3d printed titanium and carbon composite high performance mountain bike and road bike frames. • Products in range shortlisted for Single Track Magazine Readers Choice Awards 2017 and Pink Bike Innovation of the year 2017. Responsibilities: • Industrial design from paper sketch to surface model of complete bike frame concepts. • Detailed mechanical design of 3d printed titanium lugs and associated mechanical systems. • Topology optimisation and FEA validation of key structural components. • Key note speaker at a range of industry events, for example Altair Converge USA 2017.



Zodiac Aerospace

• France
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Design Engineer

  • Sep 2011 - May 2016

  Significant achievements: * Sole inventor and developer of a "universal" Seat Mechanism which is the lightest, cheapest and most kinematically adaptable single actuator seat mechanism in the Zodiac Group. Three patents pending. * Sole inventor and developer of multiple "standard" mechanisms (table, privacy screen, monitor arm, etc) that are used across multiple products throughout the Zodiac Group. Five patents pending. * Pioneered the use of carbon filled injection moulded thermoplastics in structural components, achieving significant cost, weight, part count and quality improvements. Responsibilities: * Design support of live programs, to review, advise, and if necessary take full design responsibility on particular problematic design issues, performed this role across the Zodiac group (UK, France and US). * Working with industrial design team to give creative input and engineering guidance on new products. * "Off program" development of configurable designs for core mechanical elements of our products, resulting in improved user experience, reliability, cost and weight, and predicable development times and costs.



University of the West of England

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Lecturer

  • Nov 2010 - Jul 2011

  Working as a lecturer in Computer Aided Design and Engineering. I had the responsibility of producing and delivering original teaching material across a range of computer aided design software packages. Working as a lecturer in Computer Aided Design and Engineering. I had the responsibility of producing and delivering original teaching material across a range of computer aided design software packages.



Omlet Ltd.

• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Designer

  • Jan 2009 - Aug 2010

  Significant achievements: * Principal designer of the Beehaus, a modern bee hive that has applied contemporary design principles (manufacturing techniques, usability, ergonomics, etc) to an ancient pursuit and was winner of the Horner Award 2010 and finalist Brit Insurance Design of the Year 2010. Responsibilities: * Usability investigation into beekeeping, looking at the unique challenges that this work environment presents. This involved working with experienced apiarists as well as keeping my own bees. * Gaining an understanding of the technical requirements of a bee hive to ensure that optimum bee activity. * Industrial design, balancing the Omlet brand image with the strong functional elements of the product. * Delivery of detailed design, ready for manufacture, utilising multiple manufacturing processes and materials (rotational moulding, injection moulding, sheet metal, composite panel, wire mesh, etc)



4ormfunction

• Design Services

• Design Engineer

  • Jan 2006 - Aug 2008

  Significant achievements: * Lead design engineer on Veritide Scout biohazard detection and identification device, taking project from concept to manufacture. This product incorporated patented optical technology, intricate electromechanical mechanisms, and was designed to meet the demanding requirements of a hazmat environment and associated industry standards. * Development of Navman S30 and F20 In-Car GPS systems. Both products have subsequently became European market leaders, and been finalists in the New Zealand Best Design Awards. * Initiation and implementation of design for environment business strategy and internal training, creating new business opportunities. Responsibilities: * Client liaison to develop design briefs, resolve development issues and conduct design reviews. * Design research into user profile, user environments, user interface, competitor products, etc. * Working with Industrial designers to achieve balance between industrial and product design agendas. * Collaboration with technical partners (electronics, optics, GPS, etc) to ensure satisfactory technical performance of product. * Detailed design for manufacturing (injection moulding, die casting, sheet metal forming, etc) and subsequent manufacturing capability analysis (tolerance stacks, tooling reviews, etc). * Detailed mechanical design and analysis (Solid Works CAD, Cosmos FEA, thermal analysis, etc). * Working to and ensuring approval of relevant certification standards (IP ratings, etc).



Dyson

• Household Appliance Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Engineer

  • Jan 2003 - Oct 2005

  Significant achievements: * Conceptual design and development of DC25, next generation “ball” vacuum cleaner product, exceeding key performance targets by 20% (air watts, pick-up, acoustics, weight, filter life, part count, cost). * One of a team of three to transfer white goods manufacturing operation from U.K. to Malaysia, achieving time, budget and quality targets. This involved the management of six direct report Malaysian engineers. * White goods reliability design improvements creating an annual business saving of £1M. Responsibilities: * Concept realisation and evaluation through construction of working and aesthetic rigs and models, using a range of construction techniques, including SLS/SLA, foam/cardboard modelling, vacuum forming, etc. * Concept testing for performance (pick-up, acoustic, etc), reliability (HALT, thermal, etc) and usability. * Investigating part failure modes through inspection of failed parts, analysing service engineer and call centre data, and producing test procedures to replicate failures.