Experience

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  Gestetner manufacturing ltd

  Jul 1982 - May 1985

  Project manager

  Responsible for design and development of Gestetner’s Offset Litho Printing Systems

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  Gec (marconi avionics) senosrs

  May 1985 - Sept 1993

  Buisness manager

  Responsible for all aspects of a circa £40M missile borne Thermal Imaging system, from concept design through proposal/bid and contract stages to final production.Previously a Principal Engineer and Project Manager for various Thermal Imaging Systems for MOD and defence contracts including: -Ground based, close range air defence system for Shorts StarStreak.Forward Looking Infra-Red camera for BAe’s HAWK JetsThermal Camera for TOW on British Army LYNX Helicopters

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  Pfe international

  Sept 1993 - Mar 2002

  Development manager

  Responsibility for the development of all aspects of the company’s forms handling and mailing machine equipment from concept through to the end of the product life cycle:-• Equipment design including main products, field updates, retrofits, special to type units, etc.• Design analysis and verification. • Transfer of products from design through to manufacture including line planning, tooling, fixturing, etc.• Creation of technical documentation for retrofits, technical bulletins, WEB site tech tips, etc.• Continuous assessment of product costs to target design changes for continuous quality and profitability improvements.• International technical support for new products.Directly responsible for a small team of mechanical engineers, R & D resources, facilities and equipment. Show less

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  Neopost technologies limted

  Mar 2002 - Sept 2017

  Director of design and development for production mail systems

  Responsible for all aspects of production mail equipment. Most recently responsible for the design, development through to manufacture of the DS-1200 production inserter.

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  Quadient

  Sept 2017 - now

  Sales and marketing support

  Using 25 years customer facing design and development experience of inserter systems and mailroom technology I am now providing world wide support to sales and marketing groups