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The GX Group comprises 3 companies who offer products and services to all areas of industry. GX Systems: offer web based tracking and monitoring products for emergency vehicles and field service management and complete systems integration with services in consultancy, design, build, installation, commissioning and after sales service. Specialists in control systems for all industrial automation systems. GX Design: leading edge design consultancy that delivers design creativity, technical innovation and commercial reality to its clients’ projects with a highly focused, skilled and experienced design team. GX offer product design and development service from concept through to manufacture including skills in electronic, mechanical, optics, industrial and software.GX Environmental: water management logging systems, incorporating design, installation, commissioning and support services as well as product development and systems integration.

United Kingdom

BIDA is the trade body representing Industrial Designers involved in product, service and interaction design. We promote their creative expertise, knowledge and experience. Our members’ work with large and small clients has generated billions of pounds in revenue through the creation and exploitation of IP in domestic and global markets.BIDA operates as a not-for-profit organisation and receiving no government funding or intervention, we are wholly financed by our members and run by voluntary national and regional boards of passionate professional designers.As the skill sets of Industrial Designers is widening to meet a range of emerging challenges in the 21st century one of our key roles is to communicate the value of Industrial Design to the UK economy. We do this by championing our industry to government, business and other trade bodies. With the rapid rate of change in best practice, we also help members with ongoing development to ensure we stay at the peak of our profession.Another key function is to provide a range of platforms for Industrial Designers – be they consultancies, in-house teams or freelancers – to tell the world about what they do, how they do it and who they do it for. In this way we promote professional excellence and create effective partnerships between design and business.Via our University Industry Design Partnership – we enable more effective innovation through better talent development and collaborative development of intellectual property. The commercial and social benefit of this compelling partnership comes from the combined complementary skills, knowledge and experience of leading universities and design consultancies.Although representing less than 20 per cent of the UK’s £15 billion commercial design industry, we estimate that our sector generates 80 per cent its value. Our voice has credibility because our members are practicing professionals with a long-proven track record of commercial success.

Appointed as Director during the company restructuring and responsible for the general business management while also continuing to work in the role of product designer on a range of products for multiple industries.

Having joined GX part-time in 1990 I worked on design projects producing detailed drawings for tooling and products until investment in Pro/Engineer and Solidworks. Much of my work involved visual representation and product animations based on 3D design geometry.Product design involvement includes: British Airways point of sale terminalBritish Postal Consultancy Mail sorting frames Fire Alarm and smoke detectors products for Fulleon Syncrobell/Menvier Penny and Giles PP10 and PP20 Digital sound Processors Bayer Diagnostics UK and USA -Advanced Medical InstrumentationBritish Gas vibration monitoring equipmentPutt Rite Golf Training device Domino - Industrial ink jet printers Checkout Computers -Touch terminals for bars restaurants etc Gyrus Medical - Design Plasma generator for cosmetic skin treatmentPilkington Optronics, Night Vision Systems for cars Thames Water, acoustic detector to discover misconnection of underground pipes

Worked as a full time lecturer teaching general and computer aided engineering subjects. Responsible for setting up and running a number of CAD/CAM courses and managing the CAD/CAM facilities.

Appointed to establish a CAD/CAM facility and courses.

While studying CAE systems I taught on many general engineering and CAE courses for two years.

Starting with a four year mechanical apprenticeship, m/c tool setter and for the last two years worked as part of a team implementing an MRP II system.