Working with this exciting start-up to develop devices for water quality testing which can do in 30 minutes what otherwise takes two days in a lab.

Designing experimental high-voltage devices and interfaces

I am responsible for all hardware design within Audiotelligence, a company creating innovative audio processing solutions. The main focus of my role has been the development of a multi-microphone, multi-gigagflop battery-powered, pocket-sized remote microphone from initial concept to production-ready design.As well as product design I have supported the research team in the creation of custom hardware for audio recording and characterisation of devices.I have worked with the research, software development and commercial teams to define the technology roadmap of the company - both setting goals and determining priorities.

I offered consultancy services for digital signal processing and embedded systems design, working with various companies (primarily AudioTelligence) in fields ranging from audio processing to magnetic field measurement.

Responsible for all aspects of the business including management of investor relations, acquisition of grant funding, human resources, accounts, sales and marketing, etc.Despite being nominally CEO, I remained very closely involved with the development of the company’s technology – setting the direction and priorities for both new and existing technology developments, defining system architectures, reviewing code and documentation, and even coding in C++, Ruby, Verilog, VHDL and Akya’s in-house design languages.

Responsible for the specification and development of Akya's innovative dynamically reconfigurable logic technology.Acted as the technical interface to customers – providing technical sales support and customer requirements definition.Responsible for hands-on developments including SystemC and Verilog RTL modelling and RTL development, FPGA and Silicon synthesis, C and C++ programming, and design for testability.

Setting overall administrative policy for a national martial arts association with 2000+ members. Management and support of Operations Manager. Liaison with senior instructors and individual club management. This was a voluntary role to which I was elected by the senior instructors of the organisation.