Active sitting board member/share holder and experienced Director.

Leadership• Led engineering, research and development teams of up to 5 personnel through end to end processing• Oversaw and initiated product and conception design for new lines, improvements and upgrades that resulted in delivering products that set new industry bench-marks• Created an environment where design and innovation could flourish and excellence was non-negotiable• Influenced company direction and drove innovation, design, component sourcing, tooling and injection… Show more Leadership• Led engineering, research and development teams of up to 5 personnel through end to end processing• Oversaw and initiated product and conception design for new lines, improvements and upgrades that resulted in delivering products that set new industry bench-marks• Created an environment where design and innovation could flourish and excellence was non-negotiable• Influenced company direction and drove innovation, design, component sourcing, tooling and injection moulding Design & Innovation• Contributed to design meetings providing product parameters, performance expectations and product standards• Undertook extensive research on specialist underwater lighting products, product components and LED’s accounting for, ease of manufacturing, installing, servicing and operation• Oversaw the development of innovative, market leading products that introduced entirely new product standardsProduct Development• Determined a list of requirements and developed a range of pool lighting products over 2 years that became the best-selling of their type in 30 years to receive recognition in Good Design at the Australian Design Awards 2011Business Development & Relationship Management• Leveraged existing relationships and technical know-how to foster trust based relationships • Collaborated with clients to understand specific product needs and performance expectations• Developed strong supplier relationships creating a sense of partnership, investing time in systems development and encouraging technical, manufacturing and cost-down improvement whilst operating on a Quality first basis Operations & Tooling• Identified productivity improvements, managed tooling modifications, component sourcing and purchasing • Managed cost control at project and organisation levels, maintenance, scheduling and process enhancement, prototyping, testing and documentation of quality requirements Show less

Took a start up company to over 3 million dollars, managed and grow customer and product base, using innovative turn key solutions, technical knowledge, design and management skills