EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

University of Lancaster B.Sc.(Hons) Applied Physics & Electronics

1987-1990

Main Subjects - Physics: Solid State, Thermal, Quantum, Atomic, Nuclear and Optical

- Electronics

- Semi-conductor Electronics

- Telecommunications

- Opto-electronics

- Computer Science

- Mathematics: Applied and Engineering

- Statistics

Experimental Project : "Computer Controlled Measurement of Diffraction Patterns"

'Free Unit' Project : "Determination of Relative Humidity by Optical Techniques"

Marton VI Form College GCE 'A' levels - Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry.

1985-1987

Ormesby Comprehensive School GCE 'O' levels - Physics, Mathematics, English, Computer Science,

1980-1985 Chemistry, French, Geography.

Teesside Training Enterprise Ltd. NEBSM Certificate of Supervisory Management

1994 - 1995

Teesside Training Enterprise Ltd. Introduction To Field Instrumentation and Control

June 2007

Sunderland Engineering Training Introduction to Autocad (2000, 2004)

Association

September 2007

I hold a full driving licence (one Speeding SP30 endorsement) and own a reliable car.

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

HardwareSoftware

IBM PC & compatibles Pascal & BASIC

BBC & Commodore computers MS-DOS operating system

VAX mainframe VMS

MS Windows 3.x, 95, 98, NT & XP

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE (continued)

Packages

Autocad (computer aided design), Baldor MINT-MT multi-tasking motion control language,

Warner Electric Stepper / Servo motion control languages, Adobe Pagemaker (Desk top publishing),

Lotus Approach and other relational databases, Lotus 1-2-3 and Microsoft Excel (Spreadsheets),

Corel Draw (Graphics) and Wordstar, Lotus Ami-Pro, Winword and Word (Word processors),

Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer and other e-commerce packages.

Goldmine, Lotus Notes and Maximizer sales databases.

CAREER HISTORY

John Boyd Associates Ltd.(September 2006 - April 2007 Short-term Contract.)

Electrical Instrument Designer

Duties & Responsibilities included the following : -

·Design of electrical and functional specification for new emergency shutdown system at Terra Nitrogen's Ammonia IV Plant at Billingham, Teesside.

·Generation of tag specification/functionality schedule for the main panel manufacturer.

·Design of system block diagrams, termination diagrams and schedule drawings for the attention of installation teams.

·Assisting the Project Engineer with technical support during installation and commissioning.

·Design of instrument block diagrams and loop drawings for the customer's files.

·Calculation of reliability data.

·Generation of User, Operation and Maintenance Manuals.

Lloyds Konecranes Ltd.(September 2005 - July 2006 Short-term project to grow account base.)

Contract Sales Engineer (Northern Region)

Duties & Responsibilities included the following : -

·Generation of new leads, new accounts and new contracts within existing accounts for preventative crane maintenance packages.

·Handover of new accounts and contracts to Branch Managers for development.

·Presentations at customers' premises.

·Quotation preparation including cost-based and market-based pricing.

·Generation of opportunity and customer visit reports and future task notifications via Maximiser sales software package.

MTL Instruments PLC.(December 2004 - June 2005 Redundant under last in first out policy after UK wide chemical industry became exposed to Far-Eastern competition for the first time.)

Regional Accounts Manager

Duties & Responsibilities included the following : -

·Management of 30 largest spending accounts and targeting of smaller accounts with potential requirements.

·Analysis of customers' current operation and offering suggestions for future improvements with respect to hybrid process controllers (DCS/PLC hybrid), electrical surge protection devices, fieldbus for the process industry and intrinsically safe electrical barriers and isolators for hazardous areas.

·Presentations at customers' premises.

·Generation of new leads and new accounts.

·Quotation preparation including flexible market-based pricing.

·Generation of monthly sales reports for the analysis of the UK Sales Manager

BSL Ltd.(2003 - 2004 Redundant after a change of strategy by new management)

Sales Engineer (Fluid Power & Industrial Automation)

Duties & Responsibilities included the following : -

·Commercial and technical supportof the fluid power and industrial automation product ranges to six BSL branches (York, Middlesbrough, Newton Aycliffe, Sunderland, Gateshead and Cramlington)

·Identification and development of high volume potential accounts

·Increasing the product knowledge and awareness of fluid power and industrial automation products and

services for branch staff and local sales executives.

·Supplier liaison

·Generation of customer visit reports, monthly sales and work in progress reports for the analysis of regional management.

Baldor (UK) Ltd.(2000 - 2003 Mass redundancies during severe downturn in machine building industry)

Area Sales Manager (Motion Control & Servo)

Duties & Responsibilities included the following : -

·Management of motion control/servo accounts in the North of England and Scotland, approximately 90% OEM and 10% end-user in the packaging, labelling, printing and any industry requiring factory automation / special purpose machinery

·Introducing Baldor to potential new customers

·Presentations and product demonstrations at customers' premises

·Calculation and selection of motor and drive for customers' applications

·Selection of motion controller and user interface (HMI) hardware, firmware and software by features, flexibility, compatibility with existing systems (eg. fieldbus) and price

·Generation of new leads and new accounts

·Mailings of targeted product information and newsletters to potential and existing customers

·Generation of customer visit reports and monthly sales reports for the analysis of the UK Sales Manager

Warner Electric Ltd.(1997 - 2000 Redundant when my overseas based division was sold by the parent company, Colfax Corporation, to Danaher Corporation)

Applications Engineer (Linear & Electronics)

Duties & Responsibilities included the following : -

·Central technical liaison point between manufacturing plants, sales representatives and

distributors for motion control equipment (linear handling systems, linear actuators, motors,

drives and controls)

·Design of customer application from standard/special parts

·Software support of motion control products

·Quotation preparation including flexible pricing

·Marketing and the generation of leads for sales representatives

·Co-ordination of installation, commissioning and debugging services

·Maintenance of technical library (Warner Electric and competitors)

Isocom Components Ltd.(1993 - 1997 Left due to lack of promotional prospects)

(Opto-electronic) Applications Engineer

Duties & Responsibilities included the following : -

·The provision of technical support to customers, suppliers and the production, test, quality,

marketing and sales departments

·Project Management from initial enquiry through specifying the electronic and mechanical

design, obtaining quotations, procurement, prototyping, to final assembly, the training of

operators and inspectors and providing the marketing department with build cost details and

major selling points

·The generation of product data sheets for web-site, data book and specials for customers

·Deputising for the Engineering and Product Marketing Managers during their many visits to

customers and suppliers throughout the world

Nissan Motor Manufacturing Ltd.(1992 - 1993 Voluntary redundancy since duties were changed due to internal reshuffle)

Vehicle Inspector

·The inspection of cars at the end of the production line for safety related, functional and trim faults

Quality Control Inspector

·Data collection from inspection stations and assistance with fault analysis

Cleveland County Council(1991 - 1992 Temporary position)

Technical Enumerator/Clerical Officer

·Conducting public transport surveys

North-Eastern Co-op. Society(July 1991 - December 1991)

Systems Support Clerk

·Trouble-shooting problems with the Co-op's stores and banks computer systems

Royal Ordnance(Summer 1989)

Computer Modellerwith Future Systems Group

·Simulation and analysis of battle scenarios

Dickens Home Improvement Hypermarket(Summer 1988)

Trainee Manager

·Assisting the Department Managers and Supervisors with the operation of a building materials centre serving the public and trade

Dickens Home Improvement Hypermarket(Summer 1986)

Sales Assistant

·Assisting the public and trade buyers with building materials and hardware purchases

Various other vacation employment throughout college and university