Leading the firm's southern UK engineering business. Deputy head of Engineering Group.Providing Board Advisory services to SMEs that make unique products, developing focused IP strategies for aggressive growth plans on predefined budgets.Establishing ISO 56005 compliant IP management systems.Helping clients navigate IP systems to secure and enforce patents, designs and trade marks, and to ensure they have freedom to commercialise their products.

Analysing IP portfolios for effectiveness, advising on and implementing procurement and prosecution strategies, identifying and executing licensing opportunities.Managing in-house portfolio of over 150 patent applications, including direct prosecution of US applications, delivering accelerated prosecution strategies with multiple successes in EPO Oral Proceedings.

Developing and managing Midlands business.Helping clients navigate IP systems to secure and enforce patents, designs and trade marks, and to ensure they have freedom to commercialise their products.

Drafting, amendment and prosecution of UK, European and foreign patent applications.Infringement and validity assessments, preparation of assignments and licences.

As PET Account Manager in the UK, I was responsible for Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottle preform and closure business of US$8 million/yr, relationship management, issue resolution, quotation, negotiation & management of projects.I managed an efficiency improvement program for one customer, improving Overall Equipment Efficiency by 20%. I sold the first single stage injection-blow moulding system (US$2 million) outside North America and improved regional sales by US$2.5 million… Show more As PET Account Manager in the UK, I was responsible for Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottle preform and closure business of US$8 million/yr, relationship management, issue resolution, quotation, negotiation & management of projects.I managed an efficiency improvement program for one customer, improving Overall Equipment Efficiency by 20%. I sold the first single stage injection-blow moulding system (US$2 million) outside North America and improved regional sales by US$2.5 million through new markets and new customers.As a Project Engineer in Luxembourg, I was responsible for supporting European sales teams in specification, quotation and project management of installations of plastic injection moulding systems, including one project for 15 machines at Danish medical customer.As a Mechanical Designer in Canada, I was responsible for designing drive assemblies and extruder screws for injection units. Show less

Bottling and canning line optimisation

Programming & commissioning HVAC system for Toyota factory expansion project