Dale Harper Email & Phone Number

Tubney, Oxford, Gb

Core responsibilities at WMP include delivery of a sustained new business pipeline and year-on-year business growth. Having defined and built WMP's business development strategy, CRM system, and sales delivery platform, I facilitate in the acquisition of qualified leads, relationship management and assist with introducing new clients and projects into our design studios. I’ve pioneered WMP’s use of big data and automation in establishing scalable prospecting systems. With a natural bias toward systems technology and operational proficiencies, I strive to apply objective design thinking to overcome challenges that others cannot. I am responsible for the creation of all external group communications and key marketing activities, NBD campaigns, social media and public engagement.Based at our Oxford (UK) studios, I travel the world engaging in an intensive tradeshow calendar and thrive on finding new and exciting ways of delivering our design services. I eulogise WMP’s 5 cores services of Product Design, Digital, Film, Design and Events; I have a competent knowledge of the creative and understand the intrinsic need for effective and relevant communications, as well as having a keen eye for detail.

Tubney, Oxford, Gb

With a specific focus on New Product Development, I work as part of a team in the identification, acquisition and conversion of new clients into to our design team. As part of a stepping stone into a wider remit, I am responsible for shaping our business development strategy and delivering nurtured relationships from a cold starting point. My key business development role physically sits within WMP’s Product Design Team, however, I also provide NBD to other parts of the business as well as supporting a lot of strategic IT systems, CRM policy, and general data management.

Tubney, Oxford, Gb

With a strong consultancy background in industrial design, I joined WMP in order to create a new complimentary service offering (Product Design). As part of a world-renowned creative agency, WMP’s mainly communications focused business created a unique seeding ground to establish a new holistic industrial design division. Although in its infancy, the experience and capability within the team allows for a total engagement of product development support, from initial ideation through to NPD, packaging, pre-market visualisation, product launch, marketing, branding and ongoing communications.

PMI: I hold the position of Co Founder/ R&D Director / Principal Designer at PRO Medical Innovations Ltd. This is a medical-based opportunity where I represent the team in seeking VC investment for a novel obstetric healthcare device – The Safeceps™. Sharing responsibilities with three other board members, the responsibilities have seen the commercial development of the device, software system, electronics and business infrastructure. PRO Medical Innovations is a pioneering start-up venture created to deliver a unique medical innovation to the world market. The company was founded in 2008 to see the Safeceps™ project developed, commercialised and introduced to the obstetric market. The Safeceps™ project and its product range portfolio are set to deliver medical competence and obstetric certainty in an industry fearful of risk, litigation and the unknown. PMI’s goal is to revolutionise the field of obstetric healthcare through providing instruments of care. With a host of international support and endorsement, the project has won numerous design awards, including the prestigious IF and Red Dot Product Design Award 2010. PMI is currently inviting opportunities and enquiries of VC and private investment from medical partners.

Cardiff, Gb

PDR: I worked with PDR for just under 3 years. My main responsibilities encompassed identification of new opportunities, lead finding, brokering of business engagements and primary client liaison. With a background of product design and engineering, I shared this role in providing an active contribution to the PDR core design team. In addition to this, my role provided a personal contact to project exploration, enquiries and networking connections. PDR is a world-leading research, design and innovation organisation. With a repertoire of commercial services; PDR provides a single solution to New Product Development. PDR have a unique approach and has been helping companies both large and small from around the world to discover, design and develop world-beating products and experiences for over 16 years. Their work encompasses the full range of design support needed from original research, user insight and analysis through to product design, prototyping, low volume rapid manufacture, tooling and manufacture support.

Tubney, Oxford, Gb

I was kindly allowed to contribute to the conceptual design and visualisation stages of a project pitch. This experience gave a great insight into international business, working as part of a team and having an encouraged freedom in creativity. This was an exceptional experience opportunity, one of which I am very grateful for.Contributions Included: Brainstorming, 3DsMax Visualisation, Ideation & Rendering

Slough, Berkshire, Gb

Design & Prototyping Working as part of a core design team for the Global Packaging company – AGI, I contributed to the design development and prototyping of specialist DVD selection boxes and limited edition casings. CAD systems included ESKO Artioscad

Multivision was a UK computer mail order company which provided a wide portfolio of bespoke desktop PC and laptop solutions. My experience at this company started in desktop production and was soon promoted through to laptop production supervisor and technical support. I was responsible for the training and managing an immediate team of 3 and a wider department of 7.

Msc, Advanced Product Design (Msc)

Bsc, Product Design

Art Foundation, Art & Design (3D Major)

A-Levels, Art & Design, Technology, Computer Studies