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Polmont, GB

Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Gore is a global organisation known for the creation of innovative, technology-driven solutions, such as medical devices that treat aneurysms, high-performance GORE‑TEX® fabrics & class leading products for the microelectronics, aerospace, automotive, chemical process & defence industries. It is also known for product leadership, its integrity, unique.

Dundee, United Kingdom

Dundee, United Kingdom

Polmont, Falkirk, United Kingdom

Providing independent consultancy and freelance opportunities for start-ups and established businesses as well as pro bono support for early-stage startups.Delivering expertise in:► New product development, commercialisation & scale-up► Technology-Market positioning► Market focused innovation► Commercial application & innovation through materials, polymer.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

• Collagen Solutions develops, manufactures and supplies medical-grade collagen biomaterials for use in research, medical devices, and regenerative medicine. The company provides product development and contract.
• Led the R&D function in the UK operation & influenced across functions & geographies.
• Champion & Project Manager for ChondroMimetic® implant & medical device product development programme, towards CE mark & first release.
• Ensured compliance with the company’s ISO 13485 Quality System, regulatory & industry standards (ISO, MDD/MDR, etc.). Included liaison with regulatory expertise, CROs & supply partners.
• Developed contract R&D proposals for proprietary developments with OEM partners.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Reminova, a life sciences start-up, is developing a dental treatment & device technology for the repair of enamel damaged by dental caries. It aims to remove the necessity for injections, drilling & filling, thereby.
• Evaluated the technical challenge & technical team capability. Stabilised & focused the technical effort to problem-solve & confirm ‘proof of principle’.
• Motivated the team & implemented technical training programmes.
• Relocated technical base from London to Edinburgh, recruited high performing staff & enabled a culture of situational leadership.
• Formalised road-mapping, technology & product development project planning, pacing delivery milestones with investment. Reported at board level & wrote grant funding applications.
• Developed & managed an extended & diverse network of academic & industrial expertise to augment research & problem-solving capability. Formed legal agreements & supervised PhD students in an industrial partner capacity.

Livingston, United Kingdom

• This role had three main elements: Management of global strategic innovation programmes & projects, broad leadership in the UK R&D function & functional excellence.
• Planned & led several strategic innovation programmes & projects which shaped divisional technical strategy, influenced significant change in business direction & led to new roadmaps & products for technical & consumer.
• Reported to divisional leadership & influenced across functions, businesses & geographies. Drove key decisions on major strategic & project initiatives, key investments & hiring of talent.
• Facilitated, trained & applied Stage-Gate® product development, portfolio & product strategy management processes.
• Leveraged ‘Market Trends’, ‘Lead User’ & ‘Outcome Driven Innovation’ approaches to identify un-met needs in core, adjacent & new markets. Creatively mapped technology opportunities to generate differentiated value.
• As part of a small core team, provided broad leadership of the UK R&D function (24 associates). Contribution, compensation & development committee member. Included training, sponsoring & coaching, to raise the.

Livingston, United Kingdom

• I was hired into this role to lead a global platform Gore created through acquisition of a business & manufacturing capability from a key industry player. Responsibilities & achievements:
• Led the successful integration of manufacturing, test capability, technology & IP for adsorptive fabric products, from acquiree. Resulted in profitable sales from key CBRN defence & civil protection programmes within.
• Developed & drove the strategic plan, product & technology roadmap, project portfolio (ca. 26 projects over period) and IP plan, in alignment with BU & divisional strategies.
• Led & influenced a team of 14 associates & held platform budget. EU ‘lead’ in global business core team.
• Successfully navigated new cross-functional team through the challenges of acquisition, change & NBD. Maximised team capability, creating an energised, trusting & collaborative environment. Hired new talent to drive.
• Identified unmet end-user & market needs, competitive threats & mapped potentially unique capability development & IP acquisition opportunities.

Dundee, United Kingdom

• I worked on four diverse and highly successful technology and new product development projects for blue chip industry partners. Three led to new products with sustained multi-million-dollar revenues and profit..
• Technical Manager and Principal Technical Investigator (PTI) in the development, scale-up and commercialisation of GORE D3 Tamper Respondent Sensor products. These were highly flexible, printed circuit-based sensors.
• Project Manager and PTI in the technology and product development of GS8000 EMI shielding products: ‘Highest shielding effectiveness with lowest closure force and largest tolerance take-up’
• Technical lead and global supply chain liaison and troubleshooting coordinator roles in the innovative GORE® SNAPSHOT® board level EMI shielding product development. These products are high performance, low profile.
• Technical lead partnering with New Product and Business Development lead on novel Thermal Interface Materials for IC packaging and microprocessor cooling. Established valuable unmet market needs and married with.
• Core team member of the Electronics Division Technology Innovation Effort.

Bachelor’S Degree With Honours, Chemistry, Bsc (Hons)

In addition to the core degree in Chemistry, I studied Physics for three years.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Polymer Science, Doctorate

Thesis Title: ‘Comb-Branch Liquid Crystalline Polymers: The Synthesis and Characterisation of both Chiral and Non-Chiral Structures’..