Available to provide technology and engineering R&D leadership, strategy or advice on a permanent, interim or consultancy basis in electric vehicle powertrains and other deep tech applications. - An experienced Chief Technology Officer and VP Engineering with a history of successes and failures in start-ups and scale-ups developing novel technologies and products in various application areas including electric vehicle powertrains, communications systems and micro-electronics - C-suite executive with responsibility for engineering R&D, advanced technology and IP protection - Leader of multi-disciplinary, multi-national engineering teams through growth and organisational and cultural change- A record of converting experiments and prototypes of new, disruptive, complex technologies into manufacturable and marketable products - Developed relationships with customers, technology partners and financial stakeholders- Completed multiple successful funding and acquisition rounds working with VC, Private Equity, Family Office investors, corporate and individual owners and investment bankers.- Developed and executed on strategies for technology, product development, engineering and intellectual property protection to deliver on the needs of key stakeholders- Managed engineering teams covering software, control, micro-electronics, power electronics, mechanical, thermal, electromagnetic, systems, functional safety, modelling and simulation, optimisation, quantum physics.- Pragmatic, practical approach to getting done what needs to be done- Exceptional academic background in physics (PhD, University of Manchester) and mathematics (MA, 1st Class, University of Cambridge)