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United Kingdom

London, Gb

Jp

As our clients navigate the evolving landscape of the future, my primary objective is to focus on guiding them on their digital journey. I specialize in delivering comprehensive IT solutions that span various domains, including Private 5G, SAP, Quantum, Cloud / Edge, and AI solutions, among others. Market: Factory 4.0, Smart Factory, Advanced Manufacturing.

Hickory, North Carolina, Us

CommScope Innovators in Action Award 2022. Digital Factory global Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) data collection platform. Developed and implemented a transformational program focused on digital factory also known as Industry 4.0. Data is dollar as the saying goes and with global measures like Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and Total Effective Equipment Performance (TEEP) this helped drive a 10% improvement in all product lines across 16 sites around the world.

Hickory, North Carolina, Us

One thing is clear, in the future we will be facing an exponentially growing trend relating to new business models, customers, and technologies that are turning the fabric of the known world on its head. What worked in yesterdays world, like cost focus and execution strategies, is no longer sufficient to create growth and blue ocean opportunities in a business. New innovation is needed!

Hickory, North Carolina, Us

Fully accountable for an R&D budget of $17M and >140 reports.Keeping abreast of architectural innovation and working to strict governance compliance.Setting the strategic roadmap for a global team working in America to China and between.Collaborating with customers and CXO’s, introducing innovative products and gaining consensus.Delivering presentations detailing execution goals, action plans and project delivery phases.Reviewing various potential third party companies for possible acquisitions and business value.Ensuring all performance targets, metrics and KPI's are met in line with the business objectives. Responsible for development budgets, customer bids, delivery and customer expectations.Hiring talent, conducting appraisals, allocating tasks and setting goals for the teams.

Galway, Ie

Galway, Ie

Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, De

Created and developed automotive safety critical power steering and engine management systems.Leading teams of 20 to 40 software engineers creating cutting edge developments.- Managed the development of an electrical power steering system used by Peugeot, Ford and Volvo.- Managed the development of a common rail diesel management system used by Renault, Kia, and Hyundai.Profiled potential specifications and requirements to understand the characteristics of functionality and user needs.Utilised cutting edge software suite to transform process from a Waterfall approach to development method.Completed technical documentation, planned project timelines and mapped business processes.Targeted six sigma projects in the form of a project dashboard to improve the maturity rating.Interfaced with Ford and Peugeot for external audits and provided a customer interface.Implemented various methodologies for project planning, estimations and mitigating risks.

Herzogenaurach, De

6 months training in Germany on software controlled production line software development using six sigma. Oversaw process control software to multi processor automated production line devices.Contributed to a major project implementation/upgrade of in house constructed measurement – real time process control systems using OS9 and windows based operating system programmed in C/C++.

B. Eng (Hon’S 2.1) Degree In Electrical And Electronic Systems., Electrical And Electronic Systems.

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