Philip Stunell

Experience

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  Baptist Missionary Society

  Sept 1976 - Apr 1980

  Engineer

  Providing engineering support and expertise to staff involved in various aid projects in Bangladesh, including the delivery of health care and educational services.

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  Leyland Vehicles

  Apr 1980 - Apr 1987

  Development Engineer

  Responsible for developing and implementing novel techniques for the collection and analysis of engineering test data, used to validate new products.Responsible for defining sign-off standards for vehicle structures reflecting market requirements, and developing new test techniques.Responsible for the application various COTS software packages in the product test environment, and developing customer spefic applications.

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  Leyland Daf

  Apr 1987 - Feb 1993

  Principle Engineer

  Responsible for developing "sign off standards" used to validate structural components on vehicles operating in global markets and investigating product failures.Worked with colleagues from DAF to establish a common understanding of vehicle durability test proceedures, and implement resultant changes to company standards.Provided technical expertise for the investigation of product liabilty issues, and acted a resident expert in negotiations with government agencies.

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  Leyland Technical Centre

  Feb 1993 - Sept 1995

  Business Unit Manager

  Responsible for the day to day management of a major eltro-hydraulic test facility, supporting clients in the automotive sector.Developing commercial relationships with clients, identifying customer requirements, negotiating service contracts and managing larger projects.Resident expert on vehicle durability, product liability and fatigue failure - supporting clients and a mentor for junior staff.

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  LTC Limited

  Sept 1995 - Aug 2000

  Responsible for marketing engineering services to vehicle manufacturers and component suppliers based in non-european markets (Korea / India / Iran), identifying customer requirements, negotiating contracts and manageing project delivery. Providing technical expertise to clients, investigating the cause of failures encountered during development or in service and identifying corrective actions. Developing new business opportunities with vehicle manufacturers and component suppliers and manageing the delivery of major projects for those clients.Participated in Trade Missions sponsored by the DTI, and secured 'first orders' overseas clients in asia.

  • Consultant

    Feb 1997 - Aug 2000

  • Business Development Manager

    Sept 1995 - Feb 1997
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  Stunell Technology Ltd

  Nov 2000 - now

  Director

  Enabling clients to achieve sustainable improvements in product development and managements systems by;- developing 'CAPABLE PROCESSES', adopting 'CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES', and applying the principles of 'LEAN THINKING'.

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  Bentley Motor Cars

  Mar 2001 - Jul 2002

  Interim Manager

  Responsible to developing and implementing an effective system for forecasting and managing the weight of new products from concept design to production.

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  Bolton Business Venture

  Nov 2004 - Dec 2007

  Volunteer Mentor

  Mentor, working with directors of a start-up business supplying speciality chemicals to the healthcare sector.