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Technical Director

Work Experience

Interim Management / Consultancy positions

Ford Motor Company (Sep 2001 – July 2002)

Acting as Programme Manager and Technical Consultant I was responsible for the introduction of Telematics into Ford Motor Company. This large project involved complex partnerships with major Cellular Telephony companies (Vodafone & D2), Telecomm Service Organisations, Automotive Road Clubs (AA & ADAC), Call centres, IT infrastructures and Hardware Suppliers (Motorola, Visteon).

Achievements:
· Successfully program managed the introduction of Telematics products and services for FMC brands (Blue Oval: Focus & Mondeo, Jaguar X-type etc.) in Germany and UK.
· Managed the outsourced development and introduction of the following Telematics functions in Germany and the UK;
o Network based speaker independent Voice Recognition system for “hands free” vehicle operation
o GIS (Geographic Information System) support for Telematics
o In-vehicle electronics and telecommunication systems
o Call centre operation and infrastructure, Web based services & IT support systems
o Partner & supplier contracts
o Operations and Quality systems process development
· Developed and deployed of;
o A project management process & customer modelling process

Agilent (ex Hewlett Packard Telecomm Test Division) (Jan 2000 – July 2000)

Agilent are an extremely successful Telecommunications Test Equipment Company formed out of the split of Hewlett Packard into separate computer and equipment companies. They wished to further improve upon their world-class development processes to improve time to market and reduce development costs.

This contract involved the design, facilitation and rollout of advanced product development and project / program management techniques.

Achievements:
· Managed the structure change to implement a Fast Cycle Time development program
· Designed and introduced an advanced project planning process & introduced a cost reduction project

Previous permanent employment

Mitsubishi Electric
Managing Director (1997 – Jan 2000)
Motherboard Division

Mitsubishi Electric is an international Corporation with a turnover of 30 Billion dollars, part of the Mitsubishi conglomerate ($300B). It designs, manufacturers and sells a vast range of engineering products including computers, satellites, mobile phones, heavy electrical equipment and software products.

I formed the Motherboard Division in 1997, a new division of Mitsubishi Electric. The objective was to create an OEM sales, design and manufacturing company that would channel Mitsubishi’s computer technology into the OEM markets. My brief was to achieve profitability within 2 years and to secure a ‘top ten’ position based on the Mitsubishi Quality and Engineering strengths. As Managing Director I was totally responsible for all aspects of a starting an international business, strategy, P&L etc.

Within the first year the division had achieved break-even with sustained high growth, sales of over $12M with 80% of sales being export (USA & Europe). By the end of the second year sales exceeded $30M with a gross margin of 25% (8% net).

Despite entering a market dominated by low-cost Far East competition we reduced manufacturing costs to within 5% of the cheapest Chinese vendors and were able, due to our unique value propositions, to achieve a substantial sales price premium. These value propositions very effectively locked in customers, resulting in average 3-year customer contracts, unique in the industry. Our customer list included premier accounts such as Microsoft and NCR.
In addition to my role as the MD of the motherboard division I remained as VP of Mitsubishi’s Technology & Manufacturing Division.

Roles & Responsibilities:
· Managing Director
· Business strategy and implementation
· Successful formation and growth of the Division
· Sales & Marketing (setting up sales/support teams in UK, USA, Germany & France)
· R&D
· IT development & support
· Customer support strategies including Web and e-commerce strategies
· Manufacturing (internal and outsourced)
· Financial strategy, P&L responsibility

Achievements:
· Creation of a successful business division from scratch
· Exceeded profit, growth and market share targets
· Successful integration of diverse teams
· Improved productivity by over 400% using modular design processes
· Created entire new product range, penetrated new market area
· Out-sourcing of manufacturing, halving overall manufacturing costs

Mitsubishi Electric
Vice President (1990 – Jan 1997)
Technology & Manufacturing Division

The Technology & Manufacturing Division (TMD) was the product division of Mitsubishi Electric’s global PC Division. It was an autonomous profit centre which was responsible for all strategy, sales & marketing, design, production and support of computer products for Mitsubishi. The division’s revenue was $750M (1995 figures).

As VP of this Division I was responsible for Financial, R&D, Product Marketing, Manufacture and support of products for the European and Japanese Markets. TMD was composed of four major sites (R&D, Manufacturing, Purchasing and Support). I set the strategy and drove through major cultural changes resulting in significant reductions in Time To Market and manufacturing costs. We received many quality &design awards including from NTT (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone).

Roles & Responsibilities:
· Strategic responsibility for Design, Support and Manufacturing
· Member of Mitsubishi Electric Computer Division Executive Board
· Line, Site & P&L management of;
· Group R&D operation (UK, 110 staff, $15M budget) (Electronics, Software, Mechanics etc.)
· Factory (Scotland, 450 staff, $420M budget)
· 10K m2, Surface Mount Technology and semi-automated assembly plant
· Purchasing group (Taiwan)
· Quality group
· Product Marketing group
· Technical support division
· Warranty & Spares division, (15 staff, $5M budget)
· Japanese liaison
· Personnel, Finance & Admin departments
· Mitsubishi Corporate Contracts responsibility worldwide agreements with Microsoft, Intel etc.
· Intellectual Property development & management
Achievements:
· Combined R&D, Manufacturing and support into a single coherent team
· Development of manufacturing IT and financial IT systems (SAP)
· Manufacturing costs reduced by up to 65% & cut product development cycle time by 50%
· Continuously exceeded ROI targets
· Successful integration with Japanese organisation, including many multi-national joint projects
· Created strategic alliances with many major industry players (Intel, Microsoft, IBM etc.)

Apricot Computers PLC

Group Technical Director (1987-1990)
Responsible for all design (Electronics, software, mechanics etc.)
Chief Engineer (1986-1987)
Desktop PC design
Multiprocessor Server design
Engineering Manager (1985-1986)
Project management
Design of Personal Computers


Smiths Industries PLC

Principal Engineer (1984-1985)
Design Integration Manager for Airbus flight management system


Lucas Industries PLC

Technical Manager (1981-1984)
Automotive test equipment
Industrial controller development
Graphics sub-systems
CAD/CAM systems development
Industrial PC design
Experimental Officer (1978-1981)
Multi-microprocessor controller for electric vehicles
Wide range switch mode power supplies

British Aerospace PLC

Avionics Systems Engineer (1977-1978)
Flight data recorder & Missile deployment projects for Tornado aircraft

Education

2.1 Honours degree Electronics & Electrical Engineering Manchester (UMIST)
4 A levels, 11 O levels

Skills

Senior Management skills, Matrix Management development, Technology development, Strategy development, Process development and re-engineering, Complex Project & Program Management, Sophisticated IT systems scope & development, Customer Modeling, Management Buy-out, Cost & Time to Market optimization, Market Development, Supply Line Optimization, Outsourcing, Operations Management, Consultancy, Interim Management, Product Development, Expert Witness and Patent analysis, Voice recognition, Web based services.

Languages

English

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