Career Summary

• Result-oriented technical leader & a PRINCE2® qualified project manager.
• Ability to manage & drive globally located teams for mainstream & traditional OEMs; as well as startup & niche brands.
• Extensive knowledge of product development processes, business workflows. Highly competent in establishing KPIs & metrics.
• A visionary with ability to deliver under pressure. Can simplify complex problems & systematically solve them in strategic context.
• Excellent engineering competence with published research & doctorate in aerodynamics, vehicle stability and fuel efficiency.
• Natural ability to mentor graduates and early professionals with potential to excel.

 Skills

 Work Experience

• Strategic management experience in the engineering services sector for product development in the automotive industry.
• Key Account management of engineering services business with OEM, with account value worth circa £5m annually.
• Vehicle line management experience in managing the engineering and launch for Body Engineering of Aston Martin Vantage & DB12 vehicle lines
• Senior project management for engineering and development of the Vergne autonomous taxi at Warwickshire (UK)
• Senior project management for engineering and development of the Lordstown Endurance at Warwickshire (UK) & Dearborn (USA)
• Extensive experience of product development processes & systems for established OEMs & start-ups.
• Project management of engineering & development of a retrofit wireless electric charging system for plug-in electric vehicles.
• Project management of engineering, development & manufacture of vehicle outrigger systems for dynamic stability testing of JLR & Aston Martin vehicles.
• Examination of Ph.D. research through review of doctoral thesis and candidate assessment through viva voce.
• Cost management & team leadership experience in optimising development & manufacturing cost through engineering & manufacturing process solutions. Annual EBITDA targets of circa £7m.
• Overall project management as well as management of delivery of the virtual development of all body systems for the McLaren 720S in Essex & Surrey (UK)
• Project management of a government funded program to develop a Car for Young Drivers (CYD), responsible for styling design, vehicle packaging & body systems engineering & develoment.
• Project coordination & test management of the high roof variant of the Ford Transit Custom, in Essex (UK) & Kocaeli (Turkey).
• Supporting lecturer for thermofluids during doctoral research.
• Customer service consultant for financial products & telecom services.

 Qualifications

• PRINCE2 certified practitioner
• Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering
• Masters degree in Automotive Systems
• Bachelor of Engineering in Process Instrumentation & Control Systems

 Competencies

 Affiliations

• Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) - Chartered Engineer
• Vehicle System Dynamics – International Journal of Vehicle Mechanics and Mobility - Reviewer
• Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering - Reviewer
• International Society of Automation (ISA), Pravara Division - former Industrial Liaison

 Achievements

• Magazine Feature - Science Engineering and Technology Worldwide (SET), Vol. 4, Issue 4, pp. 83.