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Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand

Key Responsibilities• Coordination of the Product Development team• Accountability for the existing product range and its performance in the market• Coordinate and conduct development projects, both NPD and incremental product optimisation• Contribute technical knowhow to development projects and the wider development team

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

After a change in company ownership and restructuring, I was appointed as a Senior engineer, with a product engineering and analysis focus.Key Responsibilities• Esoteric analyses - Application of advanced numerical techniques to resolve complex problems• The seismic design of non-structural elements• The design and optimisation of large fabricated, and rotomolded, water storage tanks Achievements• Successful first-pass diagnosis, and follow-up remediation of FSI induced vibration during commissioning of Plant & Food's Nelson Flume tank• NPD and optimisation of Plastic tanks to EN12573, EN1778, AS/NZS4766, 1170.0/.2/.3/.5• The seismic design of school ceilings, partitions and services restrains, including those for cabinets

Christchurch, New Zealand

Business unit (BU) manager with key profit, client, and staff development responsibilities.Key Responsibilities• Working with clients from start-ups to multi-nationals• Technical management, design, and delivery oversight• Scoping, costing, and monitoring of projects• Contract management (NDA’s, T&C’s)Achievements• Introduction of Callaghan Innovation Experience Grant scheme into Motovated. Mentoring of staff and interns• Introduction of structured (A3 based) knowledge management system• NZ Patents Nos. 760331, 760336, 760337• Co-developer of Motovated’s Better by Analysis™ and Minimum Viable Simulation™ methods

Auckland, New Zealand

Team technical design lead, knowledge management expert; designer, analyst, tester, mentor.Key Responsibilities• 2013-2017: Rangehoods Team – Technical lead for lighting, airflow, filtration and harnessing (Intl. travel); Gas Warden, UL standards technical liaison with UL Northbrook, USA• 2011-2013: Laundry Dynamics team – Suspension and dynamic sub-components lead engineer Achievements• Working with the F&P marketing team and customers to prioritise focus areas for new rangehood products for Specifiers, Designers, and Architects (SDA’s)• Mentoring of new staff and interns• Development and prioritizing of the rangehood teams knowledge map• Design and build of F&P's rangehood test lab, including standards based airflow test chamber• Timely delivery of joint Haier-F&P Rangehood project (Intl. travel)• Development of innovative particulate CFD models

Auckland, New Zealand

Product and systems designer, project and product management with foreign travel and support.Key Responsibilities• Product manager for large foreign clients (Intl. travel)• Lead product design and engineering (fabrications, sheet-metal, plastic parts, elastomers)Achievements• New technology commercialization• Critical delivery problem solving

Kuzuha, Japan

NOVA is a Japan wide network of school's providing English as a Second Language services catering to all levels and ages.I particularly enjoyed the less structured larger group sessions, as well as the one to one lessons with students from diverse backgrounds.

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

From graduate through intermediate engineering with a focus on test-then-design, analysis, and design for volume. Key Responsibilities• Design of hand portable and mobile radio products• Test planning and execution• Thermal analystAchievements• Design of Intrinsically Safe (IS) handheld battery• Thermal and materials optimization of the TM8000 series of radio products still in production today• Establishment of Tait’s mechanical test lab procedures and documentation for CE and ISO9001

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.) (Hons.), Fluid Dynamics And Materials Science

Diploma In Design & Specification Of Plastics, Plastics And Polymer Engineering