With 40 years of product design, product management, business development and sales support gained from a wide ranging career within the Telecom sector through to the Enterprise team at a London university to my own product company.I am now a Director of Designwiser Ltd, an innovative product design company. Our first product is the SwitchBubble Power Protector (see www.switchbubble.com). I also undertake research for companies looking to expand their business by addressing new vertical market sectors. This allows them to focus their sales and marketing on the most promising new markets leading to revenue growth.My extensive experience in Product Management and Business Development coupled with my background in Technology and Telecommunications across corporate, SME and start-up companies complemented by my time working within the University sector has given me a valuable balance between taking a wide range of technologies to market.Specialties: Electronic product development, corporate, university and start-up experience, business development, product management including feature/release content; RoI/business case generation; bid proposals and customer solutions. Commercial product price setting (based on McKinsey methods). Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTPs), grant and proposal writing. Market research/development for businesses looking to grow revenue. Have successfully co-authored three granted UK Patents.Outside of work, I am a Business Mentor with the Prince's Trust helping young people start and grow their own businesses. I also dabble with music technology and enjoy hands on mixing/PA, recording and mp3/podcasting.
Listed skills include Fiber Optics, Oem, Dwdm, Product Development, and 40 others.