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Matt Owens & Damani Johnson
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 Overview

  • Experienced and motivated leader with the ability to direct, manage and work in globally located teams.
  • Understands strategic vision with an ability to formulate a strategy to execute it.
  • Skilled project manager with PRINCE2® certification. Highly competent in establishing KPIs & associated metrics.
  • Experienced in global team leadership, physical & virtual product development & a natural problem solver.
  • Assertive Chartered Engineer, proficient in analysis-led design of automotive systems.
  • Extensive knowledge of product development processes, business processes & workflows.
  • Excellent engineering fundamentals with published research & doctorate in aerodynamics, vehicle stability and fuel efficiency.
  • Natural ability to mentor graduates and early professionals with potential to excel.

 Experience

 Current & Recent Experience

Engineering Manager at RLE International Product Development Ltd.

Engineering Manager

RLE International Product Development Ltd.
Essex & Warwickshire (UK)

Management of projects, resources and client requirements, with strategic input

 1

Sep 2015 to present
Key Account Manager – Engineering Projects (Aston Martin) at RLE International Product Development Ltd.

Key Account Manager – Engineering Projects (Aston Martin)

RLE International Product Development Ltd.
Warwickshire (UK)

Management of all RLE business with OEM

 2

Aug 2022 to present
Vehicle Line Manager – Body Structures (DB12 & Vantage) at Aston Martin [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]

Vehicle Line Manager – Body Structures (DB12 & Vantage)

Aston Martin [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]
Warwickshire (UK)

Responsible, at functional level, for deliverables of quality, cost & timing for two concurrent vehicle programs

 3

Jan 2023 to present

 Previous Experience

Senior Project Manager – Level 5 Autonomous EV Engineering at Project 3 Mobility [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]

Senior Project Manager – Level 5 Autonomous EV Engineering

Project 3 Mobility [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]
Warwickshire (UK)

Management of ESP deliverables contributing to a ground-up advanced electric vehicle platform

Aug 2020 to May 2022

 4

Project Leader – Vehicle Outrigger Systems at Jaguar Land Rover & Aston Martin [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]

Project Leader – Vehicle Outrigger Systems

Jaguar Land Rover & Aston Martin [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]
Warwickshire (UK)

Leading an engineering & manufacturing team for development & delivery of outrigger (stabiliser) systems for stability testing of prototype vehicles

Feb 2017 to Sep 2020

 5

Project Manager – Wireless EV Charging Integration at Sprint Power [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]

Project Manager – Wireless EV Charging Integration

Sprint Power [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]
Essex & Warwickshire (UK)

Management of a functional team to benchmark, design & develop engineering solutions to retrofit existing electric vehicles with wireless induction charging systems

Apr 2020 to Sep 2020

 6

Project Manager – Electric Pickup Truck Engineering at Lordstown Motor Corporation [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]

Project Manager – Electric Pickup Truck Engineering

Lordstown Motor Corporation [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]
Warwickshire (UK) & Dearborn (USA)

Management of project to deliver the design and development of the body structure, closures & exteriors of an all-new electric truck platform for a new OEM.

Jan 2020 to Apr 2020

 7

Virtual Validation (CAE) Manager & Integration Engineer at Lordstown Motor Corporation [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]

Virtual Validation (CAE) Manager & Integration Engineer

Lordstown Motor Corporation [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]
Warwickshire (UK) & Dearborn (USA)

Leading the functional team for virtual verification of the design for a new platform for an electric pickup truck, using established CAE tools

Oct 2019 to Jan 2020

 7

Project Management Engineer at Lordstown Motor Corporation [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]

Project Management Engineer

Lordstown Motor Corporation [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]
Warwickshire (UK) & Dearborn (USA)

Product development strategy & planning for a new vehicle platform for a North American automotive start-up OEM

Jul 2019 to Oct 2019

 7

External examiner for Doctoral Research Degree (PhD) at University of Huddersfield

External examiner for Doctoral Research Degree (PhD)

University of Huddersfield
Warwickshire & Huddersfield (UK)

Review of doctoral thesis and examine the candidate through viva voce

May 2019 to Jun 2019

 8

Package Team Leader at Aston Martin Red Bull [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]

Package Team Leader

Aston Martin Red Bull [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]
Milton Keynes (UK)

Leading a team of assessment engineers for cross-functional package integration on a low-volume hybrid hyper car

Apr 2019 to Jun 2019

 9

TVM Team Leader at Aston Martin [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]

TVM Team Leader

Aston Martin [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]
Warwickshire (UK)

Leading a team of TVM engineers for cost reduction of automotive body content for OEM of premium sports GT vehicles

Sep 2017 to Apr 2019

 10

Virtual Validation (CAE) Manager – Body Panels & Structure at Aston Martin [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]

Virtual Validation (CAE) Manager – Body Panels & Structure

Aston Martin [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]
Warwickshire (UK)

Leading a functional team for virtual testing of automotive body structure, panels, closures and trim for a premium GT SUV

Feb 2017 to Sep 2017

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Virtual Validation (CAE) Manager – All Body Systems at McLaren Automotive [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]

Virtual Validation (CAE) Manager – All Body Systems

McLaren Automotive [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]
Essex & Surrey (UK)

Leading a CAE team for virtual development of automotive body panels, closures & trim for a luxury super car program

Jan 2025 to Sep 2015

 12

Product Development Process SME & Trainer at RLE International Product Development Ltd.

Product Development Process SME & Trainer

RLE International Product Development Ltd.
Essex (UK), Valencia (Spain) & various locations (Germany)

Lead the concept development of framework of in-house product development based on industry best practices

Oct 2013 to Sep 2017

 1

IMechE Liaison at RLE International Product Development Ltd.

IMechE Liaison

RLE International Product Development Ltd.
Essex (UK)

‘Point of contact’ with IMechE, to organise membership activities and professional registration of employees

Mar 2012 to Feb 2017

 1

Project Manager – Consortium Partner at Innovate UK [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]

Project Manager – Consortium Partner

Innovate UK [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]
Essex, Midlands & Lancashire (UK)

Leading a functional team in a consortium for a government funded vehicle development project worth £1.9M

Nov 2013 to Sep 2015

 13

EV Development Engineer at RLE International Product Development Ltd.

EV Development Engineer

RLE International Product Development Ltd.
Essex & Felixstowe (UK)

Development & testing of in-house electric vehicle

May 2011 to Sep 2017

 1

Technical Project Coordinator at Ford Motor Company [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]

Technical Project Coordinator

Ford Motor Company [through RLE International Product Development Ltd.]
Essex (UK) & Kocaeli (Turkey)

Leading an administration & coordination team to support design & engineering of vehicle body structure development for high volume medium duty van

May 2011 to Oct 2013

 14

International Student Ambassador at University of Huddersfield

International Student Ambassador

University of Huddersfield
Huddersfield (UK)

Email-based interaction with & management of queries for prospective as well as enrolled international students

Jan 2009 to Sep 2010

 8

Supporting Lecturer as Researcher at University of Huddersfield

Supporting Lecturer as Researcher

University of Huddersfield
Huddersfield (UK)

Delivering theoretical lectures, designing and conducting laboratory experiments and evaluation of student performance for Mechanical Engineering modules of Thermo-fluids and CFD

Jan 2007 to Oct 2010

 8

Customer Service Consultant at GTL Limited; GE Money; Halifax Bank of Scotland

Customer Service Consultant

GTL Limited; GE Money; Halifax Bank of Scotland
Mumbai (India); Leeds (UK)

Various positions & roles involving telephone-based customer service & sales of financial products to global customers

Feb 2004 to Oct 2006

 15

 Qualifications

PRINCE2 at Axelos

PRINCE2

Axelos, UK

Foundation & Practitioner

Mar 2022 to Mar 2022 Full time taught

 16

Doctor of Philosophy at University of Huddersfield

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Huddersfield, UK

Automotive fuel efficiency, aerodynamics & Computational Fluid Dynamics (Mechanical Engineering). Link to thesis at the British Library

Sep 2006 to Feb 2011 Full time research

 8

Master of Science at University of Huddersfield

Master of Science

University of Huddersfield, UK

Automotive Systems Design & Analysis

Sep 2005 to Sep 2006 Full time taught

 8

Bachelor of Engineering at Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly University of Pune)

Bachelor of Engineering

Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly University of Pune), India

Instrumentation and Control

Sep 1998 to Dec 2003 Full time taught

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 Affiliations

Chartered Member (CEng MIMechE) at Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)

Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)

UK

Chartered Member (CEng MIMechE)

May 2013 to present

 18

Reviewer at Vehicle System Dynamics – International Journal of Vehicle Mechanics and Mobility

Vehicle System Dynamics – International Journal of Vehicle Mechanics and Mobility

UK

Reviewer

2017 to present

 19

Reviewer at Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

UK

Reviewer

2019 to present

 20

Associate Member (AMIMechE) at Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)

Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)

UK

Associate Member (AMIMechE)

Feb 2012 to May 2013

 18

Industrial Liaison at International Society of Automation (ISA), Pravara Division

International Society of Automation (ISA), Pravara Division

India

Industrial Liaison

1999 to 2000

 21

 Achievements

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

Magazine Feature

Science Engineering and Technology Worldwide (SET), Vol. 4, Issue 4, pp. 83.

UK

Student profile featured on being awarded a full scholarship for a three-year full time university-funded research program from the University of Huddersfield (UK); based on scoring a distinction in the preceding Masters degree (MSc), leading to PhD degree

2007

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 Skills

 Core Skills

  • Proficient in written & spoken English; and able to communicate effectively with seniors, peers, colleagues & clients.
  • Manage globally located teams of members with diverse work cultures & skills. Provide clear direction & arbitrate conflicts.
  • Able to consolidate and analyse information, make decisions and provide direction.
  • Able to approach problems in a logical and scientific manner.
  • Natural ability to mentor graduate and early professionals.

 OEM Processes & Skills

Aston Martin at
Aston Martin

  • Goldcrest
  • eCMS2
  • CMS
  • Wave
  • TcVis
  • ERN
  • PCR
  • Concerns
  • Containments
  • VRIS
  • PWR

 2

JLR (formerly Jaguar Land Rover) at
JLR (formerly Jaguar Land Rover)

  • Basic change management
  • Launch fundamentals

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Ford at
Ford

  • GPDS Product Development
  • WERS & AVBOM parts management
  • AIMS issues
  • WACTS
  • Change management
  • eFDVS requirements management
  • INTEGRATOR deliverables management
  • Ford-specific launch proficiency

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 Computing Skills

 Business Software
  • Project management packages like Microsoft Project, Jira & Smartsheet
  • Excellent proficiency in data analysis using Microsoft Access & Excel
  • Basic knowledge of data analysis tools like Microsoft Power BI
  • Office suites - Microsoft Office/365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google Suite and Libre Office
  • Collaboration tools like Microsoft SharePoint and Google Drive.
 Engineering Software
  • Very good working knowledge of PLM environment Teamcenter Enterprise
  • Very good working knowledge of 3D visualization & interrogation tool Teamcenter Visualization Mockup
  • Good working knowledge of mathematical development, computation and analysis package (MATLAB)
  • Good knowledge of Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analysis (Fluent, OpenFOAM, COSMOSFloWorks) packages
  • Basic knowledge of 3-D modelling (SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER) and finite element analysis (Pro/MECHANICA) packages
 Programming & Scripting
  • Very good working knowledge of POSIX-compliant shell scripting (Linux, BSD, etc.)
  • Very good working knowledge of Visual Basic, XML, HTML 5, CSS 3, Javascript, PHP & Python
  • Good working knowledge of Git version control and associated platforms like Github, Gitlab & BitBucket
  • Basic knowledge of C, C++ and assembly language programming of microprocessors and microcontrollers
  • Basic knowledge of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) ladder programming
  • Basic knowledge Windows platform & PowerShell scripting

 Publications

  1. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
    2018, pp. 1-19, doi:10.1007/s13369-018-3185-3

    Development of a Novel Characterisation Methodology for the Aerodynamic Coefficients of a Tractor–Trailer Unit Based on Relative Flow Angles and Vehicle Dimensions

    V Malviya, T Asim, I Sendanayake

    Journal
  2. Applied Mathematical Modelling
    Vol. 38, Issues 19-20, pp. 4756-4777, doi: 10.1016/j.apm.2014.03.029

    Development of an analytical multi-variable steady-state vehicle stability model for heavy road vehicles

    V Malviya, R Mishra

    Journal
  3. Advances in Mechanical Engineering
    Vol. 2010, doi:10.1155/2010/763718

    CFD Investigation on 3-Dimensional Interference of a Five-Hole Probe in an Automotive Wheel Arch

    V Malviya, R Mishra, E Palmer

    Journal
  4. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics
    Vol. 3, Part 4, pp. 587-607

    CFD Investigation of a Novel Fuel-Saving Device for Articulated Tractor-Trailer Combinations

    V Malviya, R Mishra, J Fieldhouse

    Journal
  5. 37th National & 4th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power

    CFD Analysis on the Influence of Area of the Exposed Semi-trailer Face on the Aerodynamic Drag for a Tractor-Trailer Combination

    V Malviya, R Mishra, K Ubbi

    Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai (India)

    Conference
  6. Computing and Engineering Annual Researchers' Conference [2009]
    pp. 1-8

    Effect of Cross Wind on Aerodynamic Coefficients of Ground Vehicles

    V Malviya, R Mishra, N Gundala

    University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield (UK)

    Conference
  7. Thirty Sixth National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power
    69-CFD-13

    CFD-Based Modelling of the Variation of Aerodynamic Coefficients with Wind Angle

    V Malviya, R Mishra, N Gundala

    Kirloskar Brothers Limited, Pune (India)

    Conference
  8. 12th EAEC European Automotive Congress

    Enhanced Vehicle Stability Model

    V Malviya, R Mishra, J Fieldhouse

    Slovak Society of Automotive Engineers, Bratislava (Slovakia)

    Conference
  9. Computing and Engineering Annual Researchers' Conference 2008
    pp. 1-8

    Comparative Computational Analysis of Drag-Reducing Devices for Tractor-Trailers

    V Malviya, R Mishra, J Fieldhouse

    University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield (UK)

    Conference
  10. Thirty Fourth National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power
    pp. 113-122

    CFD Based Analysis of the Effect of Multi-Hole Pressure Probe Geometry on Flow Field Interference

    V Malviya, R Mishra, E Palmer, B Majumdar

    Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi (India)

    Conference
  11. Computing and Engineering Annual Researchers' Conference 2007

    Numerical Analysis and Optimisation of Multi-Hole Pressure Probe Geometry

    V Malviya, R Mishra, E Palmer, B Majumdar

    University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield (UK)

    Conference

 Academic Projects

Design and Optimisation of a Novel Aerodynamic Fuel-Saving Device at University of Huddersfield

Design and Optimisation of a Novel Aerodynamic Fuel-Saving Device

University of Huddersfield

UK

This project involved computational fluid dynamic (CFD) and experimental analyses of a novel add-on fuel saving device for heavy commercial vehicles (HCV) providing up to 6% increase in fuel efficiency. Funding for this project was secured from Yorkshire Forward through technical and commercial presentations. A retrofit device was developed in collaboration with industrial consultants, a freight operator, a trailer manufacturer and a fabricator. The developed device was successfully field-tested on the test track at MIRA (Nuneaton, UK).

Oct 2010

 8

Flow Measurement Instruments in Automotive Laboratory at University of Huddersfield

Flow Measurement Instruments in Automotive Laboratory

University of Huddersfield

UK

This project involved establishing technical specifications and negotiating with suppliers for purchasing of various flow measuring instruments with a total project worth of up to £150k for University of Huddersfield. This included particle image velocimetry (PIV), laser Doppler anemometer (LDA), 6-component balance for the wind tunnel and a multi-purpose 3-axis traverse system.

Sep 2009

 8

Analysis & Solution of Brake Squeal for Carbon Ceramic Disc Brake Rotor for Bentley Motors Limited at Bentley Motors Limited [through University of Huddersfield]

Analysis & Solution of Brake Squeal for Carbon Ceramic Disc Brake Rotor for Bentley Motors Limited

Bentley Motors Limited [through University of Huddersfield]

UK

Multiple analyses and validation of a given noisy brake were carried out using finite element modal analysis, tap testing, LMS® frequency analysis and extensive laboratory testing. Various solutions using mathematical modelling, spacer shims, and disc brake pad profiling using established theories.

Sep 2006

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Microcontroller-Based Automotive By-Wire Systems at University of Pune

Microcontroller-Based Automotive By-Wire Systems

University of Pune

India

This project involved implementation of throttle-by-wire and steer-by-wire systems in a leisure kart using a MCS-51 microcontroller. The kart used in this project was sponsored by a popular kart manufacturer. Simple mechatronic systems were developed by replacing essential mechanical connections with electronic links, all centrally controlled by a microcontroller. Electronic control was successfully achieved by employing transducers and actuators to complete the mechatronic link.

Apr 2003

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References

  1. Image source: RLE ↩
  2. Image source: Aston Martin Lagonda ↩
  3. Image source: Aston Martin Lagonda ↩
  4. Image source: Anonymous ↩
  5. Image source: Dynamici Research, Inc. ↩
  6. Image source: Power Electronics News ↩
  7. Image source: Lordstown Motor Corp. ↩
  8. Image source: University of Huddersfield ↩
  9. Image source: Aston Martin Red Bull ↩
  10. Image source: Aston Martin Lagonda ↩
  11. Image source: Aston Martin Lagonda ↩
  12. Image source: McLaren Automotive Limited ↩
  13. Image source: UKRI ↩
  14. Image source: Ford Motor Company ↩
  15. Image source: GTL Limited; GE Money; Halifax Bank of Scotland ↩
  16. Image source: Axelos ↩
  17. Image source: Savitribai Phule Pune University ↩
  18. Image source: Institution of Mechanical Engineers ↩
  19. Image source: Taylor & Francis Group ↩
  20. Image source: Sage Journals ↩
  21. Image source: International Society of Automation ↩
  22. Image source: Science Engineering ↩
  23. Image source: JLR ↩
  24. Image source: Ford Motor Company ↩
  25. Image source: Bentley Motors Ltd ↩
   
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