Bill is an independent consultant assisting companies innovate in the areas of power electronics, electrical machines, industrial drives, engineering management, product development, portfolio management, organisational development, culture change, university liaison and skills.Bill has over 40 years experience in Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Drives. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).Bill remains active across the Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) sector. Bill Chaired the BIS “UK National Power Electronics Strategy” Group whose pivotal report was published in 2011. He chaired the EPSRC “Underpinning Power Electronics” Panel 2012, which led directly to the EPSRC Power Electronics Centre funded with £44m from EPSRC plus £19m from Innovate UK.Bill is Chairman of the IET PEMD Technical and Professional Network, providing focus for a vibrant community, and is part of the leadership team of PowerelectronicsUK with particular responsibility for skills.He has more than 70 publications to his name. He is the editing author of “The Control Techniques Drives and Controls Handbook” (IET 2009) and co-author of “Electric Motors and Drives – Fundamentals, Types and Applications” (Newnes 2013). He has chaired several International Conferences in the field of Motors and Drives including PEMD (2010 and 2012). He has strong links with many UK and international Universities. He is a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor of Innovation at Bristol University and a Visiting Professor at Newcastle University. He sits on EPSRC steering groups for both the UK Power Electronics Centre and the Gallium Nitride on Silicon project. Bill is a Justice of the Peace.Specialties:Product Design (PEMD)Engineering ManagementProduct & Portfolio ManagementGlobal EngineeringDesign for ManufactureDesign for Reliability and RobustnessSkills and Competence – Gap analysis