Frank Bird Email & Phone Number

Wales, United Kingdom

Vale Of Glamorgan

Active in the research, design and production of Solar energies and large Industrial scale systems to remove toxins and "nasties" from water that, in some cases, have been introduced into the ground water by the industry and energy sectors. *** Water is a natural resource that has been taken for granted for far too long. ***

Bridgend, South Wales

PM and Unit manager with a group of developers for Global Security Forces. Involved with new developments continuously.

Professional and commercial relocation specialist. Office conversions and installations including Cat5 Networks, NAS installations and IT requirements. HSE Client Agent responsibility.

PM for Russian gaming infrastructure linking Web and Mobile payments to Russian bank.PM for ‘White label’ Content deployment suiteHR functions for development offices.Health and Safety of 5 offices and 100 people, Purchasing IT requirements for the group.Established new Co Hosting Centre.Pushed for and installed a 'Ticket' task control system.Scoured then.

Designed and developed Casino and Gaming products. CAD design, sourcing, procurement and prototype build of mechanical and electrical assemblies through to finished product. Specified and installed functional BOM and MRP software, stock control package and the physical stores facility.

Global Customer Service Manager aiding transition from private to Public organisation. Responsible for Warranty, Spares, Training, Prototype deployment, Technical documentation, CRM and Technical support. Staff of remote technicians (on call 24/7/365), store men, and office Support team. Arranged and delivered Exhibitions and staffing Solutions in London.

Liason between VLC Manufacturing Plant in Montana and the Welsh development team.

Manufacturing Manager > Design Manager > Customer Service Manager.Responsible for the project engineering and prototype build of the companies very first products. Set up first manufacturing facility. Installed CAD system. Eventually CRM, SOP, Warranty policy, Warranty repairs, Spares Sales facility, Exhibitions, Customer Relations.

Purchased from receivership and sold after 4 years, and then transferred for the new owners.Company designed and supplied bespoke mechanical solutions to production machinery connectivity in the manufacturing plants of:- BMW, Ford, Vauxhall, Rover, Perkins, Mars, Guinness, and many other Blue Chip facilities, however diversification into new markets led to.

Led a team of skilled technicians and workshop staff by example, supporting one of the worlds leading gaming machine manufacturers before its catastrophic takeover by Whitbread.

Traveled most of Europe and the whole of the UK conducting training seminars to 'suspicions' of technicians training them in the combined new technologies of the microprocessor and the stepper motor, as applied to the gaming machine.

Prototype development and product suitability / safety testing of electro mechanical gaming machines and test equipment. Involvement with development due to experience with emerging MPU and electronic control led to new position in Customer Services. Demonstrated effectiveness of stepper motor control in gaming machines to UK gaming board.

Assembly and testing of electro mechanical devices and complete production machines. Uncovered bottlenecks in production facility. Introduced enhanced production procedures.