David Johnson Email & Phone Number

Leicester, Gb

London Area, United Kingdom

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

My role at South Coast Science is to ensure we deliver the best-engineered solutions to our customers. I lead all commercial activity including the development of sales and marketing strategy; identification of new market opportunities for (new & existing) products and technologies; lead generation and managing customer relationships.South Coast Science uses cutting-edge sensor technology and correction software to monitor air quality accurately, reliably and flexibly enough to serve real-world customer use cases.We develop 'open' air quality monitoring solutions to offer customers:(i) access to raw sensor data, enabling transparency and the opportunity to validate data interpretation (ii) access to open-source device software, ensuring no tie-in to long-term service agreements (iii) the choice to use our analytics or to integrate with third-party dashboards.

Great Notley, Essex

Alphasense designs and manufactures sensors for inorganic gases and Volatile Organic Compounds where parts per billion (ppb) detection is required and high quality Oxygen,CO2, toxic and flammable Gas sensors to many of the world’s leading industrial OEMs. If you manufacture portable or fixed industrial gas detection monitors, stack gas analysers or environmental monitoring instruments, Alphasense has the sensing solution.Additionally wireless air quality networking has arrived, combining Alphasense’s low cost and high sensitivity sensors linked with electronics, GPS, GSM and advanced data algorithms.

Uk & Belgium

Set up & management of distributors, partners and alliances, setting of budgets & forecasts, monitoring of competitive companies & technologies, preparation of business plans by key-accounts, analysis of customer activity & buying trends. Development of website content, product spec sheets, writing of press releases/newsletters and planning of trade events. Selling into aerospace, process and R&D market sectors.

Reading, United Kingdom

Responsible for all commercial activity from lead generation to the development of sales strategy, identification of new market opportunities for existing products and technologies, preparation of tenders and contracts, presentations to customers, development of website and sales brochures, sales forecasting.

Reading, United Kingdom

Established a new sensors division, through the development of internal and external sales resource. Creation of the Sensormetrix website. Introduced “Accsense” and “Comet” wireless sensing products to the UK. Selling into aerospace, manufacturing, test and automotive industries.

West Sussex, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

Account management of thirteen SI’s & VAR’s, developing indirect sales through new business opportunities and revenue flows with new / existing clients and consultants, enrol and manage distributors to improve market share. Used White Space analysis & need generation activities to improve performance. Selling into engineering consultants, local government, utilities and OEM’s

Basingstoke

To increase utilisation of existing manufacturing resources through the set-up of a new sub-contract manufacturing division. Incl’ lead generation and establishing of new OEM customers, tender submission and contract negotiation, design of sales brochures and website content. Selling into emergency services and industrial OEM’s

Pretoria Area, South Africa

Lead generation, site visit & presentation of supply proposal, establishment of internal engineering team and subsequent presentations to customer at board level. Maintenance of key accounts, managed participation at trade shows, development of partnerships for non-core products and services. Selling into automotive, defence, aerospace and test companies.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Establishing size and value of market for product range, compilation of effective marketing plans, launch of new products, cost/selling, profit calculations and budgets, introduction of a second tier product program. Sales into automotive, oil & gas, R&D, machine manufacturing, rail and energy industries.

Electrical & Electronic Systems

Dipmkt, Marketing/Marketing Management, General, Distinction

Robot Technology

Mechanical Engineering

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