Rapita Systems develops on-target verification solutions for customers in the avionics and automotive electronics industries. Their tools help to reduce the cost of measuring, optimizing and verifying critical real-time embedded software systems.I was directly involved in the early strategic development of Rapita Systems, representing the University of York as a Non-Executive Director on the company's Board of Directors. In April 2014 I took the opportunity to join the business… Show more Rapita Systems develops on-target verification solutions for customers in the avionics and automotive electronics industries. Their tools help to reduce the cost of measuring, optimizing and verifying critical real-time embedded software systems.I was directly involved in the early strategic development of Rapita Systems, representing the University of York as a Non-Executive Director on the company's Board of Directors. In April 2014 I took the opportunity to join the business full-time, continuing to support its growth and building new links across the avionics, automotive and defence industry worldwide. Show less

I was responsible for the development and implementation of new business processes at the HEA, generating substantial new revenues from consultancy, new subscribing institutions across the UK and internationally, and funded project work.I developed the Academy's Business Development Plan and Internationalisation Strategy, building links to overseas universities and governments to support quality enhancement in teaching & learning at both strategic and operational levels.During my time… Show more I was responsible for the development and implementation of new business processes at the HEA, generating substantial new revenues from consultancy, new subscribing institutions across the UK and internationally, and funded project work.I developed the Academy's Business Development Plan and Internationalisation Strategy, building links to overseas universities and governments to support quality enhancement in teaching & learning at both strategic and operational levels.During my time in this role, my team built a consultancy portfolio from a baseline of 16 projects in 2011/12 to over 90 projects (at end 2012/13) delivered to institutions across the UK and internationally. Show less

Promotion from Business Development Manager, taking overall responsibility for the strategic development and operational effectiveness of the Research Innovation Office of the University of York, including line management of ten staff.Supporting the development and implementation of strategies at both departmental and University level, working in close collaboration with colleagues across York’s 27 academic departments to support research and infrastructure bids worth more than £100m… Show more Promotion from Business Development Manager, taking overall responsibility for the strategic development and operational effectiveness of the Research Innovation Office of the University of York, including line management of ten staff.Supporting the development and implementation of strategies at both departmental and University level, working in close collaboration with colleagues across York’s 27 academic departments to support research and infrastructure bids worth more than £100m over a three year period.Building productive relationships with public and private sector partners up to board level including Science City York, FERA, The Centre for Cities, IBM, Siemens, QinetiQ and Nokia. Show less

Developing and implementing the commercialisation strategy across a range of academic departments at York, including Computer Science, Electronics, Music and Management.Leading, planning and co-ordinating York’s contribution to the $135m International Technology Alliance programme in a consortium of academic and industrial partners led by IBM, to develop a winning bid.Undertaking market research and investment appraisal to prepare business plans for technology exploitation… Show more Developing and implementing the commercialisation strategy across a range of academic departments at York, including Computer Science, Electronics, Music and Management.Leading, planning and co-ordinating York’s contribution to the $135m International Technology Alliance programme in a consortium of academic and industrial partners led by IBM, to develop a winning bid.Undertaking market research and investment appraisal to prepare business plans for technology exploitation, engaging investors, customers and collaborators. Awards resulting from my work in this role include second prize in the final of the Research Councils UK 2008 national business plan competition and first prize in 2012 Innovation Awards by Health Enterprise East, the NHS Innovation Hub for the Eastern Region.Managing diverse, distributed teams to successfully secure and deliver collaborative projects with industrial clients, including IBM, BAE Systems, Smith & Nephew, Siemens and QinetiQ. Show less

Representing the University of York on the board of Rapita Systems, a spin-out from York's Computer Science department. Rapita specialises in software tools for optimizing and verifying the timing performance of real-time embedded software systems and performing on-target software verification.

Building productive relationships with Symbian’s licensees and technology partners (including Nokia and Sony Ericsson). I was responsible for establishing and leading an international expert group for advanced speech recognition, encouraging dialogue between handset manufacturers and technology providers to define and promote best practice.

Project manager and technical leader on an international collaboration between Canon and IBM to deliver part of IBM’s ViaVoice® product range. Responsible for developing and maintaining productive relationships with colleagues at IBM in Florida to successfully deliver on deadline-critical product development activities in close liaison with the worldwide sales and marketing teams at IBM.

Gaining first-hand experience of the entire project life cycle in electronics design consultancy from requirements capture to deployment and maintenance.Preparing competitive bids and winning commercial contracts (valued between £15,000 and £50,000), employing quantitative and qualitative risk assessment techniques.Awarded Siemens “Outstanding Contribution” Award for work on millennium compliance.