Now working on:• Clean-sheet re-design of the TryActiv 'acoustically small' concept with new driver types & materials, time-domain crossover design and Estimated Drive with Error Correction amplification. Update in 2 years !• Elimination of thermal cycling / shock in 24MW generation plant with radical control strategy of automated plant operation, demand-matched, constant temperature flow controlled output & heat maintaining.A few example past projects:• Williams F1 GPE -… Show more Now working on:• Clean-sheet re-design of the TryActiv 'acoustically small' concept with new driver types & materials, time-domain crossover design and Estimated Drive with Error Correction amplification. Update in 2 years !• Elimination of thermal cycling / shock in 24MW generation plant with radical control strategy of automated plant operation, demand-matched, constant temperature flow controlled output & heat maintaining.A few example past projects:• Williams F1 GPE - Created a real-time DSP platform with ultra-high performance interfaces to control 7 and 11-post car development and full-size track-simulation rigs• Hoogovens - Simultaneous robotics, MW heaters and hydraulic presses and controlled air, steam & water quenching to generate the thermodynamics of hot and cold rolling for steeel mill simulation and development• Italian Air Force - 6 DOF control for head-up displays• French Navy - Real-time forces applied to submarine hulls and steering control• INTA (Spain) - Continuous ahead-of-time (more than real-time) testing of all Airbus Type airframes• District Heating - Design and install controls and fibre I.T. infrastructure - 80 buildings and demand-driven Energy Generation Centre• Guildhall - Created Tree Sensors for Control Technologies 5 Nines reliability• Westfield (Stratford) - Troubleshoot & better solutions for 2012 Olympics• Barbican - Created UK first wireless (140 zone) control system 'Controlmesh'• Institute for Animal Health - Replaced controls *whilst maintaining* isolation of pathogen and radiological labs• Basildon Cardio-Thoracic Hospital - Advanced control methods to overcome poor plant performance to meet spec' for 8 open-heart theatres• Jennic Ltd (IP acquired by NXP) - Consultancy for 802.15.4 and Zigbee development• Baxi Potterton - Consultant for 42Technology - emerging technologies, long term strategy• City Of London - Create a city-wide BMS infrastructure for the entire operational portfolio of buildings Show less

Undertaking the development and manufacture of targeted new wireless mesh sensor and control technology products for specific applications - Building Automation - Built Environment - HVAC, Energy Management, Data Centre monitoring, Asset monitoring and Data logging, interfacing directly with BMS and control systems.

Providing insight in emerging technologies - analogue, digital, mixed signal, wireless, controls, and consultation with client stakeholders to provide direction and minimise risk to develop a long term product technology strategy.

Managing Director of Burke Porter (UK) Ltd, a development organisation, responsible for $7m budget to develop an optically interconnected real-time mesh signal processing / computing platform for massive signal manipulation, simulation and control for industrial, audio, scientific. simulation and motion applications. VP Technology for BEPTECH Inc - the technology container co. He:• Created the technology and lead the development• Managed the intellectual property and worldwide patent… Show more Managing Director of Burke Porter (UK) Ltd, a development organisation, responsible for $7m budget to develop an optically interconnected real-time mesh signal processing / computing platform for massive signal manipulation, simulation and control for industrial, audio, scientific. simulation and motion applications. VP Technology for BEPTECH Inc - the technology container co. He:• Created the technology and lead the development• Managed the intellectual property and worldwide patent process• Instantiated the business and product branding, bringing in Qi3• Recruited & mentored a team of 35 quality engineering, management, sales and marketing professionals• Provided strategy, the vision and business planning• Lead funding round approaches to VC's and Intermediaries• Landed the original funding and intercompany agreements to go to marketFirst OEM application - military ground-based km-range acoustic beam-forming Show less

Beptech Inc is the container - holding company - for REDgrid IP (Intellectual Property) developed at Burke Porter (UK) Ltd which is still in patent application in all worldwide technology territories, 3 U.S. granted to date, and in which Andrew retains shareholding.

As technical consultant and one of the MBO team which bought Servotest Ltd out of a division of FKI plc he:• Lead technology presentations to commercial, military and academic clients• Created key new control technologies for special projects i.e. CHRI (Chinese Highway Research Institute) and NPIC (Nuclear Power Institute China) earthquake simulators for suspension bridges and nuclear installations and F1 real-time simulators.• Created a high-margin software support operation to… Show more As technical consultant and one of the MBO team which bought Servotest Ltd out of a division of FKI plc he:• Lead technology presentations to commercial, military and academic clients• Created key new control technologies for special projects i.e. CHRI (Chinese Highway Research Institute) and NPIC (Nuclear Power Institute China) earthquake simulators for suspension bridges and nuclear installations and F1 real-time simulators.• Created a high-margin software support operation to almost $1m revenue in 3 years• Developed and managed an IP licensing process• Identified and incorporated emerging technologies such as predictive and adaptive controls, fault-tolerance and redundancy, DSP real time and embedded systems, etc• Implemented a successful and complete ISO9001 product development and support process Show less

as R&D Manager at Servotest Ltd he:• Was a key technical interface with clients including F1 teams, military, aerospace, automotive and Tier1 suppliers• Created and developed the "DCS2000" real-time control and simulation platform for applications such as the aerodynamic down-force simulator - giving Williams F1 the lead for 2 years.• Delivered the real-time technology inside complex and massive real-time motion platforms to clients such as INTA (Eurofighter), Airbus (A340 A300)… Show more as R&D Manager at Servotest Ltd he:• Was a key technical interface with clients including F1 teams, military, aerospace, automotive and Tier1 suppliers• Created and developed the "DCS2000" real-time control and simulation platform for applications such as the aerodynamic down-force simulator - giving Williams F1 the lead for 2 years.• Delivered the real-time technology inside complex and massive real-time motion platforms to clients such as INTA (Eurofighter), Airbus (A340 A300), SRTI (French Nuclear Submarines), Jaguar (XK8), Nissan, Ford (Fiesta and Mondeo), PSA (205, 405, 106), Wright Patterson AFB (helicopters), Hoogovens (steel mill process simulation), ESA (satellite launch), TRL (impact and rollover), Italian Air Force (heads-up), TRW (power steering), Ferrari (noise and vibration - NVH), Audi (fatigue life), Sheffield University (thixoforming), etc.. Show less

Provided high-end and pro-audio validated (prototyped) new electronic designs to OEM UK manufacturers on project and sales royalty terms. End users included sound recording studios, multi-screen cinemas, active speaker manufacturers, sound stage, manufacturing robotics.Designed and manufactured the'TryActiv' pro-audio monitors (What HIFI Dec'96), exhibited Ramada 1997 - "Best Sound at the show"

At Pentagon Instruments Ltd Andrew became the principle engineer having:• Designed and developed a complete instrumentation volume product range to supersede existing into the power generation, control and distribution market.• Lead the implementation of automated production assembly and test systems.• Developed a new standard in 3-phase power calibration.