Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Highly effective project engineer/manager with an extensive background in new product development, supplier management and organizational process design. A successful track record of transitioning high value products from design to volume manufacturing within tier one OEM’s, sub-contract manufacturing and leading-edge technology start up organizations across commercial, defense, medical and scientific research areas.
Research, design and development of new processes materials and equipment to support new Retronix product offerings.
Faraday Grid, prior to moving into administration, were a startup business developing a unique National Grid transformer replacement product which performs line conditioning, power factor correction, phase balancing and monitoring of energy transfers to and from the grid. My primary responsibilities were as follows. • Transition power product designs from development to manufacturing • Root cause product technical issues and drive corrective actions • Ensure manufacturability of Faraday Grid designs • Develop supply base to support NPI and prototype development • External supplier selection and approval • Implement ISO9001 compliant processes for future certification
Working as Order Fulifilment, Manufacturing and Logistics manager to support the supply chain and New Product development of redT's high capacity grid scale energy storage product. My primary responsibilities within the organization were as follows Develop global supply base to support NPI development Transition product designs from development to manufacturing Manage critical supplier relationships Supplier selection and approval Global logistics management for raw materials and finished goods Quality systems development Evaluation and selection of redT manufacturing site
Working in new product development I was responsible for the program managing the development of high end commercial aircraft power systems in partnership with Innovate UK the UK government’s future technology strategy organization. These power system products were developed in support of the More Electric Aircraft initiative which seeks to reduce commercial aviation flight and maintenance costs and increase aircraft reliability. Key responsibilities included Primary liaison point with Innovate UK on assigned programs Responsibility for cost, schedule and specification compliance Program reporting to Raytheon senior management New facility development to support NPI products
Working on long term attachment from the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) I am responsible for the management of the Joint Astronomy Centre’s Electronics group providing design and operational support of both UKIRT and JCMT infra-red and sub millimeter telescopes located at 14000 ft on the summit of Mauna Kea Hawaii. My primary responsibilities are as detailed below. • Management of Engineering Technical Services Electronics department. • Management of telescope and astronomical instrument upgrade programs • Design of telescope and astronomical instrument hardware upgrades • Supplier management for critical components and systems • Specification and design of multiple facility Allen Bradley Programmable logic controller (PLC) hardware and software systems • Root cause analysis and correction of systemic failures at both telescopes • Training and development of electronics group staff • Support of UK’s withdrawal from UKIRT/JCMT telescope’s and transition to new owners My current appraisal grading within the JAC organization is in the “Exceptional” category. My employment with the JAC runs through to the beginning of January 2015 when both telescope’s transition from UK ownership are planned to complete and I will return to the UK.