Community Power Solutions specialises in onshore wind development. Our main focus is enabling communities to host and own their own wind turbines.

At Telepresent we love communications technology. How it can transport you and your colleagues to where you need to be, bring teams together & empower communities. Physical location has become almost an irrelevance to effective communication.

Active development of commercial and industrial scale renewable energy and energy storage projects. Tracking the evolution of UK and European Energy markets / opportunities / developments / influences / policy. Active engagement in energy futures, regulatory development & governmental activity. Market research & strategy - Business development - Project management - Energy transition strategies - Energy economics & analytics - Energy trading & finance - Energy portfolio development - Governmental & Industry Liaison (UK) - Technical sales & marketing management.

There have never been so many pressures affecting the price of energy. The APPGEC explore and report on what policy adaptations are needed to try and keep energy costs down. We look at this from a residential customer, business customer and industry perspective. The purpose of the APPGEC is:• to promote evidence-based discussion on all aspects of energy costs• to inform energy policy decisions and public debate• to enable communication between interested parties and relevant parliamentarians

Mosscliff Environmental Ltd. was for many years one of the largest developers of on-shore wind and commercial / industrial solar PV projects in the UK. I was responsible for delivering new business and managing projects to point of commissioning in the SW region from our offices at Exeter University. Management of the SW team ensuring we delivered on target, on budget and on time.• Set up the new SW regional office from a standing start. Planning, budgeting, setting targets, market assessment, marketing & PR, lead generation, recruitment, CRM & reporting tools, regular reporting to directors. Management of a team of 6. • Assessment of client / site opportunities and limitations, designing the appropriate technology mix to deploy, modelling commercial benefits / financial projections, assisting clients with the decision making process. • Attainment of planning and related permissions; grid connection; finance provision; legal contracts & generally overcoming any complications. • Oversaw preparation of site / facility / paperwork required for our works; made certain any case idiosyncrasies were effectively communicated; Chaperoned client thorough the install process and handled any issues that might arise. • Ongoing technology and market assessment: Close scrutiny of government policy and industry information, projecting market developments, proposed strategies to capitalise / mitigate as appropriate. Engagement at industry & networking events. Assessment of related technologies; proposal of (and due diligence on) new systems and equipment. Liaising with suppliers to overcome technical issues or encourage product / package developments. • Successful sourcing and delivery of multiple projects. Average project value circa £250,000: Total SW project value in 2015 was just over £6 Million (against a £3.6 Million target in a turbulent market).

Full service project management of Solar PV and Wind turbine projects. Initial liaison / site selection / surveying / full system design / attainment of required permissions / installation / ongoing maintanance and support.Personal note: I was lucky enough to team up with a veritable Guru of the industry, Mr Chris Goodings of Solar Energy Alliance. I will be eternally grateful to Chris for his patience with a fledgling newbie and his enlightened teachings. I started as an absolute novice and left fully tooled after my apprenticeship with Chris. We are still involved with SEA to this day.

A leading new media agency which advised and delivered web sites, communication strategies & campaigns to major UK and International organisations at a very exciting time in the newly emerging industry. One of the leading UK Web development teams at the time with four programmers, three designers and two lead consultants. On a personal level this was an accelerated master class in marketing - major organisations opening their doors to us and explaining just how they made money, and how their marketing and sales operations worked to see how best to integrate / capitalise from new media. Possibly the most important time in the formulation of my media and marketing capabilities.

A young crack team of internet developers creating state of the art web solutions and web based marketing / technology / design projects.

Oversaw the formation and set-up of the eleventh UK Internet service provider. Worked on projects from rolling out domestic connections to early web development and corporate communications. Left to form Revolution Multimedia.

Responsible for trade sales of computers and components to computer shops, wholesalers & manufacturers. Top salesman in the company for three years ruining on joining the team. Turned the North from the lowest nonperforming to the second highest performing region in the company (after London). One of two managers who oversaw and delivered the new PC manufacturing arm of the business.