PROFILE

KEY SKILLS

Personnel : * Technical supervision of technical staff.

* Project leadership in Research,Development and Industrialisation.

* Technical direction of production staff.

Systems: * Organisation and control of database regarding component

of a product, (eg WERS),

modifying when undergoing design change.

* As above with reference to optional equipment.

Technical: * Automotive design.

* Product and Process Development

* Technical support to Production Departments

* CAD using C3P Digibuck for investigation and design information...

* Computer programming in Brake Adhesion Utilisation Curves.

Organisational: * Budget Control

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (M.IMech.E)

Chartered Engineer (C.Eng)

European Engineer (Eur.Ing)

CAREER REVIEW

MSX International Ltd 1996 to date.

Senior Engineer - Ford Motor company Diesel Design centre Sept 2003 to date

Responsible for the introduction of Fuel Injection Equipment onto the Lynx and Lion Diesel engines.

Senior Engineer - Ford Motor Company Product Development GroupSept 02 to Sept 03 Chassis Cost reduction Implementation Team.

Responsible for the realisation of cost reduction ideas onto the product using TVM methods.

Programme Manager - TH!NK Battery Electric Vehicle.Sept 01 to Sept 02 Responsible for the introduction of the TH!NK Vehicle into the Ford Product Development

Activity.

Engineering Supervisor - Ford Motor CompanyApril 99 to Sept 01 Plant Vehicle Team -Halewood Body and Assembly Operations.

Responsible for the Product development group of 8 engineers within the Plant Vehicle Team.

Principal Engineer - Ford Motor CompanyJune 97 to April 99

Supervising the Chassis Fuel and Evaporative Emissions Systems on the Fiesta Car Platform

Team Leader-Ford Motor Company- Fiesta Launch TeamNov 96 to June 97 Managing the activities of 37 engineers with a matrix relationship to the other 60 people in the program

Iveco Ford Truck Ltd1986 to 1996Supervisor- Engineering Design92 to 96 Managing a team of design engineers responsible for the RHD variants of the product range including standard models specific to the U.K. The group was also responsible for the design of unique variants and special application vehicles to suit the U.K market.

Group Leader-Chassis Design89 to 92

Heading a team of engineers responsible for the chassis design of U.K variants of the IVECO heavy truck product.

Liaison Engineer-IVECO Turin. 88 to 89

Part of a task force to combine the two company cultures forming the joint venture and to establish and exploit the synergistic opportunities of combining the FORD and IVECO products.

Group Leader- Brake Design86 to 88

Heading a group of engineers responsible for the design of the braking system of the Ford designed Cargo heavy truck product.

Ford Motor Company Ltd74 to 86

Senior Component Engineer Body Systems- Product Development 83 to 86

Responsible for the design of interior trim followed by floor pan in body-in-white for the Cargo heavy truck and Transit van products.

Senior Component Design Engineer- Engine Installation- Product Development80 to 83

Responsible for the design of Induction, Exhaust ,Cooling and Noise systems on Cargo heavy truck product.

Development Engineer- Environmental Systems- Product Development77 to 80

Responsible for the development of Engine Installation systems. During this period I certified the Cargo heavy truck product to exterior noise directive EEC 70/157.

Service Liaison Engineer- Product Development Group75 to 77 Acting as engineering liaison between the design activities and the After sales activities on customer concerns.

Graduate Trainee- Timing office- Product Development Group74 to 75

During this period I was introduced to the phases in Product Development Management.

Ready Mixed Concrete-Assistant Transport Manager 72 to 74 My first position after University where I was introduced to the complexities of the factors in vehicle fleet management.

EDUCATION

MBAOpen Business School

OPEN UNIVERSITY

completed November 1998

BSC (Hons) MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITYOF MANCHESTER

1969-1972 Equivalent Class 2.2

CURRENT STUDY

Open University

Spanish Language.

DESIGN

World Class |Process …………………………………………………(WCP)

Ford Product Development System ………………………………….(FPDS)

Change Management Process, (Alert, Concern, Notice etc).

Automated Issues Matrix …………………………………………….(AIMS)

Design of Experiments

Change Management Report …………………………………………(GEMMS).

Design Verification Plan and Sign Off Report ………………………(DVP&SOR)

ISO 90001

Geometric Tolerancing

Design Failure Mode Effect Analysis ……………………………….(DFMEA)

Concept (System) Failure Mode Analysis ………………………….(CFMEA)

Program Direction Letter ……………………………………………(PDL)

Ford design Verification System ……………………………………(FDVS)

Vehicle Program plans ………………………………………………(VPP)

Worldwide Customer Requirements …………………………………(WCR)

System Design Specifications ……………………………………….(SDS)

Vehicle Design Specifications ,………………………………………(VDS)

Commponent Design Component design Specifications ……………(CDS)

MANUFACTURING

2 Years Supervisor, Halewood PVT, Managing both the Design and Manufacturing divisions of the PVT.

Ford Production System ,……………………………………………(FPS)

Process Engineering System , ………………………………………(CAPPS)

QUALITY

QS 9000.

ISO 9001.

Global Quality Research System.

Months In Service Analysis …………………………………………(MIS)

Things Gone Wrong ,…………………………………………………(TGW)

Supplier Quality Assurance ,…………………………………………(SQA)

Measurement Systems Analysis …………………………………….(MSA)

Design for Assembly, Boothroyd-Dewhurst Method ,………………(DFA)

Quality Function Deployment ,………………………………………(QFD)

Statistical process Control ,………………………………………….(SPC)

TAGUCHI Methods.

Deming.

Teardown Analysis

Non destructive Testing.

Single Agenda for Quality ………………………………………….(SAQ)

Failure Mode Effect Analysis ………………………………………(FMEA)

Production Part Approval Process ,…………………………………(PPAP)

Ford Quality Operating System ,……………………………………(QOS)

Corporate 6-Sigma.

Advanced Product Quality Planning and Control Plan ……………..(APQP)

Poke yoke

Kanban

Kaizen

Lean Manufacturing

DATABASE

Worldwide Engineering Release System ………………………….(WERS)

Corporate Product Systems Classification ,…………………………(CPSC)

C3P Master Package System

Master Part Number Registry ,………………………………………(MPNR)

SERVICE

White Alerts.

Ford Technical Information System ,………………………………(TIS)

CAMPAIGN

Campaign Reduction methods.

Campaign 14D.

COST REDUCTION

Cost Reduction Ideas Database ,……………………………………(CRID)

Value Design Management ,…………………………………………(VAVE)

Risk and Opportunities System ,……………………………………(ROS)

Total Value Management ……..……………………………………(TVM)

LEGAL

Worldregs.

Global Regulatory Information Database , …………………………(GRID)

LAUNCH

Member of the Launch Team on ;-

VE6 Transit.

79/2 D Series.

80 Cargo Heavy Truck.

89 IVECO Cargo Heavy Truck.

PVW 175 Fiesta.

2003 Fiesta Stage III Emissions.

2000 Model Year CE14 Escort.

A306 TH!NK Battery Electric Vehicle.

Lynx in C1

Lion V8 in L320/L322

GENERAL

Team Oriented Problem Solving ,………………………… (TOPS 8D, GLOBAL 8D)

Vehicle Attribute Engineering.

Continuous Improvement Methods,

Microsoft Office Suite, eg,

Word

Excel

Access

Powerpoint

Project

Docman

Speed

CAD

Trained to interrogate,

CADDS5,

Product development Graphics System ……………………. (PDGS),

C3P IDEAS using DIGIBUCK.

CAE

Trained in appreciation of CAE used on - Safety, Thermal, NVH, Veh Dynamics, Durability, Electrical.