Senior Technical Manager with experience in the Heating and Renewables Sector and over 20 years experience working for and in partnership with Blue Chip Companies (such as BOC, Seiko Instruments, IBM, Intel, LG, Philips, Showa Denko, Tokyo Electron, Applied Materials, Kingspan etc.). Broad experience across a range of technical areas including, mechanical engineering, software & electronic hardware development, electrical enegineering, semiconductor processing, quality management and High-Tech R&D.Track record in delivering internationally award winning new product development projects to schedule and budget within the Renewable Energy and Heating Industry. Experience managing multi-disciplinary Teams in technically challenging environments to develop products in compliance with international standards and ensure compliance and certification to the required standards. Experienced in managing of company patent portfolios, including indentification of patent opportunites and the drafting, filing and execution of patent applications. An experienced Technical Expert on several National and European Technical Committees, Standards & Certification bodies, with detailed expertise in the development and application of European standards, directives and regulations.Visiting Lecturer at Kingston University London delivering MSc Modules on Renewable Technologies, Sustainability and Green Engineering, and part-time Lecturer at South West College delivering University of Ulster Foundation Degree Modules on Building Services, Hydraulic & Pneumatic Systems, Renewable Energy and Sustainability and other STEM subjects.Experience across a wide diversity of Engineering disciplines including; Mechanical, Electrical / Electronic, Software Engineering. Particular expertise in Vacuum Science and Technology, Solar Thermal, Electronic Controls, Embedded Software Development, Semiconductor Processing, Materials, Industrial Manufacturing and bespoke Industrial Testing Equipment.