Consultant to the artificial turf industry, specialising in extrusion technologies and innovation.

I work as part of a small team responsible for my own geographical regions (UK, USA, Eastern Europe, Australasia, Japan and South Korea) - for technical service, product management, R&D for products and raw materials.Technical Service & Product ManagerIn this role I am responsible for Product Managemento New product design and existing product developmento Internal and external specification and testing of our product rangeTechnical Serviceo Customer complaint handling and investigation and resolutiono Presentations and advisement of product range and future developments at client level and trade showso Process improvement and development to realise efficiency gains and profit improvementso Represent Bonar at Industry exhibitions and events as part of the technical teamo Interaction with test institutes to ensure industry standards are metRaw Materialso Internal and external specificationso Development of technical relationships between Bonar and suppliers to keep pace with technology improvementso QA testing and development of production materials o Responsible for polymers, masterbatches, additives and spin oils at a global level

Training and management of QC Staff, writing and implementation of protocols and procedures. I trained as an ISO 9001:2008 auditor and set up and managed the local trials team.

Day to day QC testing of product in a 24 hour production facility.