Worked in and managed high output/quality 7 x 24 glass manufacturing operations for over 38 years. Managed international group of engineers in several countries designing and building glass manufacturing plants and facilities in a very high quality highly demanding environment. Traveled the world advising on manufacturing and glass melting process disciplines within a 7 x 24 manfacturing environment as a member of corporate engineering management. Worked in France, UK, USA, Ukraine, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and China within these disciplines and areas of expertise. Designed stirring applications, electrical barrier boosting applications, glass delivery systems for hand blown production technology.Specialties: Borosilicate glass melting and manufacturing. Project management and resource organization. Hand blown/pressing glassware and manufacturing. Monolithic Glass casting. Tubing manufacturing (Vello & Down-draw) and defect resolution. Rolled borosilicate flat glass. Glass spinning of very large cylinders and delivery/conditioning systems. Gas/oxy systems. Glass delivery systems. Stirring and conditioning. Furnace design and glass melting defect resolution. Process control and documentation. Document preparation and writing, such as SOP's and SOS's. Electrical boosting systems design installation and operation. Combustion systems operation and set up. Training and communications, knowledge transfer.Supported and performed as an expert witness consultant for the glass industry.In addition I have written my memoirs (as yet unpublished) from my early childhood living in Sunderland England, through my entire life working within the glass industry from the shop floor to international management, including my many travel experiences around the world and the many exceptional characters and personalities I met and worked with in my life with glass.Also had my own Gourmet cooking TV show "Dining with David J" which ran on WENY for approx. 1 year.News adviser to WSKG