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Emea

Establish strategy, roadmap and product lines for a new range of lighting fixtures and ancillary equipment, enabling the business to broaden its proprietary, differentiated product portfolio, and increase margin.Setup in-house manufacturing departments for established lines and customer specific requests, to increase flexibility, speed to market and reduce costs.Lead procurement of boxed goods and commissioned products, following detailed analysis of requirements to increase capability and operational efficiency.Create reporting structure for Engineering, Manufacturing and Product departments to provide improved information flow for all stakeholders.

London, United Kingdom

Freelance Director working principally on music and arts programming, documentaries, concerts and pop promos.Bon Jovi ~ Access All AreasTake That ~ Nobody Else the MovieAndrea Bocelli ~ A Night in TuscanyV98 ~ ITVJazzworld series ~ ArtsworldFire at Keatons Bar and Grill ~ ArtsworldEmpire Film Awards ~ ITV50 Years of Sidmouth Folk ~ BBCFestival in the Desert ~ BBCStrauss, 'A Night in Vienna' ~ BBC/Euro ArtsBelfast Festival ~ BBCSteps Pop Promos ~ Tragedy One for Sorrow Stomp It’s the way you make me feel Say you’ll be mine Heartbeat

Global

Long form and TV series...Bon Jovi ‘Access All Areas’ ~ PolygramBilly Connolly’s ‘Word Tour of Scotland’ ~ BBC seriesTake That ‘Nobody Else the Movie’ ~ BMG/ITVSix Pairs of Pants ~ ITV seriesAndrea Bocelli ‘A Night In Tuscany’ ~ Polygram Paul O’Grady’s Orient ~ ITV seriesOn Record ~ PBS series

New Product Development SpecialistProduct Management and marketingBusiness Growth and DevelopmentStage-Gate implementation, sharpening the product development process from concept to commercialisation to optimise success rates

Global

Established strategy, roadmap and product lines for a new range of lighting fixtures, enabling the business to broaden its product portfolio, target new customers, and increase revenue.• Conduct customer-facing research and analyse market and industry data, manage product bench-marking activities and develop database of competitor products• Design, develop and bring to market new product lines, incorporating Voice of Customer with spiral development process• Outline product specification details including; market requirements, cost target and pricing• Define and manage project schedules for all phases of new product creation and launch• Collaborate with Engineering, Sales, Marketing and Senior Management teams to develop product roadmap and support plans. • Develop and manage supply chain introducing strategic partners to support business growth • Collaborate with marketing services and sales to develop sales tools for internal and external resource• Develop learning resource and FAQ knowledge base for Technical Sales Support• Define and manage project schedules for all phases of new product introduction. • Collaborate with Marketing Services and Sales to develop sales tools and learning resources for internal and external use, including FAQ knowledge base for Technical Sales Support• Develop content to support and enhance customer user experience and ensure impactful launch, including data sheets, brochures, press releases, website information, user manuals.• Instigate, champion, and implement Stage-Gate process for New Product Development, transforming business approach to new product development and speed to market.

At the turn of the century, at the dawn of the LED age, David was shooting a documentary for a UK prime time TV channel when he conceived a product to solve a particular problem. Three years later following the rapid development of the core technology, kisslite ® was born and shortly afterwards Gekko incorporated.Gekko Technology designed and manufactured LED lighting products specifically for the film, television, photographic and entertainment industries. Gekko products were conceived with the user and application foremost in mind – solving technical and functional shortcomings with robust, durable, professional instruments.Gekko products rapidly gained a reputation as fixtures of choice in their class.Gekko developed a range of products and accessories developing cutting edge technology. A range of ring light systems, soft lights, hard lights and colour tuneable fixtures are complimented by a choice of power and control solutions.Gekko pioneered high quality, broad spectrum, multi-chip, white light tuneable sources with Gekko’s kleer colour ™ concept. Gekko’s kleer colour ™ technology represents the pinnacle of precision in the production, control and maintenance of stable colour and white tuneable sources and formed the technology platform for PRG’s OHM Light.Gekko’s fixtures and underlying technology have been adopted by leading figures in the industry, and received numerous awards for innovation.David was driven to build the brand and product range, listen to peers and image makers, supporting the industry with tools that meet changing requirements and respond to environmental responsibilities.

London, United Kingdom

Head of Production, Director and Producer producing a portfolio of sell through video titles including Dance International, Metal Head and one off titles for Massive Attack, Cher, Crash Test Dummies and others

B.A. (Hons), Photography, Film And Television

Foundation, Design And Applied Arts