Burns & McDonnell is a private, employee-owned engineering, design and construction firm with more than 13,000 professionals located in offices throughout the world. We strive to create amazing success for our clients and amazing careers for our employees. We are ranked by Engineering News-Record as No.1 in Power and Electrical T&D.We develop solutions through creating passionate partnerships, placing client service front and centre, understanding clients’ needs and striving to make them successful. Our employee-ownership culture means that our success is closely aligned to our clients’ success. We are bold in how we develop solutions and challenge the norm, drawing from the whole company to find answers to some of the toughest questions.I lead Burns & McDonnell's global submarine cable practice bringing over 30 years industry experience in Engineering Management, Strategic Planning and Business Development within the Energy and Telecoms sectors, with a particular focus on holistic Offshore Wind connections from J-Tube to consumer in the US market.Operating through the Burns & McDonnell "1898&Co." strategic consultancy, your client journey with me begins with market surveillance, opportunity prospecting and performance prediction for HVAC and HVDC "wet transmission" from offshore wind park to terrestrial Point of Interconnection. I smoothly transition through bid writing and winning in competitive public procurement and consenting your project. I lead Front End Engineering and Design activity on your behalf to financial close and act as your Owner's Engineer thereafter. After first power I consult in Forensic Engineering of fault investigation and rectification with process and yield improvement work until plant is ready to decommission at end of life.

* Principal Tutor for Jee's Renewables TrainingAuthoring and delivery of all Jee's renewables engineering training materials including Offshore Cable Engineering course (from 2 to 5 days per delivery, 15/30 CPD points for each delegate depending on course complexity). Annual public course delivery (Aberdeen) plus delivery to private clients.* Tailored course content for in-house clients against specific business objectives and practises e.g. equipment in the fleet.* Specialist Consultancy: Offshore cable routing (cables in mobile seabeds, crossings), product burial assessment.

I run my own management consultancy business in the energy industrial sector; particularly offshore wind with associated cabling, wave and tidal and some onshore renewables. I fill a variety of specialist technical roles and well as senior and executive programme direction for clients including technical director, due diligence manager, lead technical architect, business development manager, quality and business systems lead and programme director. My abilities lie in the following broad strands, under the umbrella of technology business management:* Building Technology BusinessesWorking as a founder member of technology start-up companies. Supervision of due diligence on technology investments. Building sound business plans. Opportunity and market scouting with a focus on relationship building with contacts.* Business Development, Project Proposals & ManagementEstablishing high level technical and commercial vision for major capital projects then preparing costings, bids and marketing materials for all aspects of those projects. Engaging with stakeholders to outline the vision and mediate conflicts. Defining and then controlling budgets. Controlling contractor’s activities on site including coordinating competing activities. Lead on “put to work” and defining outsourced operations and maintenance programmes for asset protection. Contracts and claims management.* Team ManagementManaging groups of staff engaged on high value project work. Formation and management of young, ambitious technology teams.* Technology InvestmentsBrokering new technologies from all scientific disciplines into high value, fast track, first of type projects with appropriate due diligence so that sponsors are confident that the stakeholders are assured of on time, on budget delivery of the scope of supply. Management of R&D including negotiating and developing commercial contracts for R&D work, especially in public-private partnerships.

Developing and implementing the business processes for a specialist education sector quality assurance organisation, including digital brand presence and contract consultant management.

Updating business practises including:* Revising supply and sales contracts and relationships including claims* Introduction of MRP/EDM and extending web presence (Magento, Linnworks)* Strategy re-focus

* Acquisition of Methil 7MW Offshore Turbine Prototype from Samsung Heavy IndustriesProject management of the over-all diligence process for this acquisition. Lead Technical Due Diligence interviewer. Produced “one page business plan” techno-financial position for project to validate viability (NB RMEC cannot give financial or investment advice). Supported in-house Legal to close the deal bringing a c£18M asset and c£3.5M decommissioning fund into public ownership. Managed the process of assessing QHS&E processes in place and modifying to fit ORE Catapult model. * Asset Protection Strategy and RealisationDefined the strategy for ORE Catapult as a public body to outsource the operation and maintenance of the 8MW Offshore Class turbine including day to day QHS&E responsibility whilst maintaining accountability. Produced the procurement specification under OJEU rules including performance criteria. Technical assessor and adviser on the bids. Commissioned the service with the successful party (Sgurr Energy) and supervised the hand-over from Samsung Heavy Industries personnel via ORE Catapult (briefly) to Sgurr Energy. Validated performance predictions against actual productivity despite significant curtailment from airborne noise and shadow flicker. Arbitrated on productivity versus QHS&E improvement in early days of service provision.* Performance ImprovementAssessing actual capture performance versus predicted in a complex set of operational constraints including airborne noise, shadow flicker and R&D interventions. Devising and executing mid-life/blue-print programme for refurbishment/life extension.

* Acquisition of 7MW Turbine Test Piece from Samsung Heavy IndustriesTechnical diligence activity to secure the SHI 7MW nacelle as the Fujin Test Piece to allow commissioning of the Fujin test rig including 15MW 12rpm PMM. Included arranging gearbox and bearing inspections, integration to Fujin systems by ABB (for motoring/inching), passing lubrications and cooling systems as fit for purpose.Liaison between principal contractor on facility construction capital programme, test piece team and specialist fit-out contractor on issues such as CDM, HS&E process and works schedule.

Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Wind Farm Project* Management of ConsentingDay to day management of all sub-contractor specialist consenting consultants including editing of final EIA submission to MMO for successful marine consent application for 15 turbine/100MW offshore wind demonstration project. Public stakeholder facing role including communication with members of the public minded to object and fisheries liaison.* Land and Property Rights ManagementSetting the strategy for and managing the property legal experts (Sintons and Eversheds) retained by ORE Catapult (formerly Narec) so as to build a portfolio of property options and rights for the offshore wind farm, offshore cable route, cable landing, onshore cable route, substation and BOP compound.* Electrical Connection AgreementDay to day point of contact an technical conduit for the relationship between ORE Catapult and Northern Powergrid (DNO) to maintain a pre-paid connection offer in place.* Other stakeholder liaisonIncluding with MoD, local airport, local councils* Rescue of Offshore Met-Mast from EPC Contractor InsolvencyResolving Title, operating a ship-yard in insolvency to complete the hardware build, technical consultancy into striking a new contract with SeaRoc (a Fred Olsen Group Company) to install the c£12M met-mast offshore Blyth using jack-up vessel MPI Adventure. "On the ground" contract and claims handling of delay to this construction activity. Negotiating and placing an interim O&M contract then OJEU specification, competition and contract for the met-mast outsourced O&M model (awarded to RES). * "State Aid Proof" Investment/Divestment StrategyProviding technical consultancy into efforts to raise finance to develop out the project as (i) a series of 15 "socket on the seabed" development pods; (ii) an array by array build-out in conjunction with up to 3 investor-developer partners; (iii) Disposal in a public auction process (ultimately successful)

EOWDCDevelopment of technical aspects of consortium to take forward the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (Aberdeen Offshore wind-farm demonstrator). Estimating magnitude of investment required, offsetting with EEPR grant secured of EUR40M; setting development budgets for AREG as 25% of the JV investors.* Liaison with marine and aviation stakeholders in the run up to application for consent.* Market analysis for spin-out developments of the demonstration wind farm

Interim Technical Director for a Low Head Micro Hydro Developer:* Technology Development - Otterspool ProjectProviding fundamental design advice and specifications to manufacturers to integrate ultra-low-head multi-spindle variable speed hydrodynamic screw generators for maximum commercial efficiency (including CAPEX versus OPEX versus revenue modelling).* Techno-Social DevelopmentSelecting contractors and construction techniques to realise a hydrodynamic screw generator in a National Park setting for a community group at Bainbridge, North Yorkshire.* Portfolio Technical ManagementMaintaining a portfolio of about 3000 potential sites and pipelining the top 25 development prospects into the current 5 sites in active consenting, fund raising, construction and commissioning. Technical due diligence of which projects to bring forward.* LobbyingLobbying OFGEM and other stakeholders on FIT rates for micro and mini-hydro projects and development controls/constraints.* LiaisonOn all projects with local authorities, DNOs, Environment Agency, local people, fishermen, funders.* Site ManagementSupervisor and mentor for site managers; oversight and accountability of CDM, HS&E topics in deep excavation/water-course civil engineering.

I provided interim executive direction for the 40 strong team of renewable energy analysts, engineers and specialists delivering lenders, owners and investor technical and commercial advice and due diligence across onshore and offshore wind, solar (both CSP and PV), bio-energy and hybrid systems. Particular duties were the supervision of large consultancy bids/offers for regional economic intervention with organisations such as The Crown Estate, Asian Development Bank, World Bank and national Governments (South Africa and Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) and the associated execution and customer care once work is won.Specialist technical consultancy was provided to the Offshore Power Projects group on submarine cable installation & protection, foundations, offshore wind farm layout and the commercial terms of contracting offshore operations.

EOWDC EEPR Funding ApplicationITI Scotland, Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish European Green Energy Centre seconded me to contribute the technical and budgetary vision for an application to the EU Emergency Fund for Energy Recovery (EEPR). This bid was ultimately successful offering EUR40m to EOWDC to fund up to 18% of the expected £230M investment required to build out the EOWDC wind farm concept of 11 turbines offshore Aberdeen.

Offshore Wind Project Manager at ITI EnergyITI Energy was a Scottish Enterprise programme designed to invest up to £150m in energy technologies over 5 years to form an evergreen fund. Modelled along the lines of venture capital investments, innovative game changing technologies were sought and investments made to pull them to market. I was engaged:* Investment Gating ProcessI participated in the technical diligence for a number of potential investments in renewable energy technology, including interviewing candidate organisations and predicting their potential.* Business Process DevelopmentI introduced and documented key processes such as the stage-gate selection process, programme and project management processes, IP capture process and led the response to public audit of fund performance.* Programme Manager for OrangutanI managed the development programme taking a clamping/climbing technology for wind turbine towers from concept through small scale trials to a large scale mock-up, controlling the investment of about £2.3M along the way. The device had the potential to step-change the onshore wind turbine crane servicing market, however Scottish Enterprise closed the ITI programme before the development could bear commercial fruit.

I was employed for three major capital projects at Narec:* Design and Realisation of LPNI managed the design, procurement, realisation and commission of the Low Power Network in the Charles Parsons Technology centre. This laboratory contained test rigs of networks, DFIG generators, synchronous generators, fully rated converter generator designs. Demonstrators were also installed for combined heat and power (CHP) for the building, a PV solar test range, a thermal solar test facility, a flywheel energy storage plant and a machine for testing scale models of linear permanent magnet generators.* University R&D SupervisionThe linear test rig and two virtual power supply network emulators were designed, built and commissioned by university researchers from Newcastle and Durham universities. I was responsible for budget allocation and progress reporting on these R&D projects.* Blade Test Facility completion and put to workI was tasked with leading the completion of Narec's first Blade Test Facility for static and dynamic testing of blades up to 70m in length. I was responsible under CDM for HS&E during the final stages of construction and commissioning as well as refining the code for the controllers for the static and dynamic tests and carrying out Narec's first commercial test programmes.

I was responsible for all areas of control system design and realisation for EB's specialist ship's equipment, including electrical MV safety.Notable Projects:* Power systems specialist: Stingray and Frond tidal and wave generators* Electrical & Control Systems Chief Engineer: various plough, tractor and jet sled pipeline and cable burial systems and associated handling systems - complete lifecycle from bid preparation through realisation, training, put to work, sea-trial and refurbishments.*Conceptual Design: Wireline tooling* Published Paper: “Data and Control Integration for Modern Cable Ships” – Submarine Communications - Rome 2000

Electrical & Control Systems Chief Engineer: various plough, tractor and jet sled pipeline and cable burial systems and associated handling systems (bespoke systems approx £5m each to 10-20 week lead times) - complete lifecycle from bid preparation through realisation, training, put to work, sea-trial and refurbishments.