Mark Jackson Email & Phone Number

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Uk & Worldwide

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Pandemic Infection Control Solutions - Task Force is composed of members who have particular expertise needed in providing mechanical engineering information required to deal with worldwide effects of the Covid 19 virus. We aim supporting members and those individuals in society who are responsible for reducing Covid risks and returning us to a normal way of life. The task force will promote the role of mechanical engineers and will encourage development of engineering solutions to the Covid crisis. The task force will identify areas requiring further research and development and advise government and other bodies as to how we can deal with the Pandemic and the ensuing Endemic conditions. Any data gathered will be shared with members via the website and passed to other appropriate bodies who have an interest in dealing with the current situation

MJ Associates offers specialist advice and practical support in; inspiring excellence, consulting, cost control, customer relations, delivery, engineering, focus, layout design, leadership, management, marketing, production, sales, strategy, academic engagement, automotive processes.Specific examples include: 1.Business strategy and improvement consultancy2.Non Exec Directorships3.Mentoring4.Visiting lecturing at the local universities5.Support for individuals and organisations in developing and delivering innovative ideas6.Setting up major regional/national/international multi partner projects7.Leadership Development – practical in the field scenario based training

Across the Region, we have a varied programme of events, closely aligned with the IMechE’s five key themes of Energy, Environment, Transport, Education and Manufacturing The programme includes visits and activities to assist your professional development, to add to your learned knowledge, and to provide inspiration for a new generation of younger people to become engineers. Our Young Members continue to take the lead in prestigious events in the Region including Primary Engineer & GreenPower which gives school pupils an opportunity to build and race an electric vehicle.

Current Clients include. Siemens, British Airways and the NHS. In the current economic environment everyone needs to be able to do more with less and that’s where Born Leader comes into play. We add value by providing objective advice, training and mentoring, and external validation in order to optimise processes, people and performance. Our bespoke courses and services are designed for effect, to ensure that each event matches customer requirements and expectations.This “pick and mix” approach ensures that the client gets to choose the subject matter, sequence, tempo and relative priority of the event contents. This gives optimum effect and removes waste – hence real value for money. Our offers subject individuals and teams to a series of increasingly complex scenarios in order that they can practice and hone their personal skills to progressively build confidence and capability. The sessions are cost-effective and can be anything from ½ day to a full week or an enduring programme of work.The approach developed by Born Leader gets clients to think about themselves, their work, the decisions they make and their approach to leading others. It is a simple proven fact that teams and organisations that work efficiently under the guidance of an effective leader are more productive and cohesive, cope well with difficult situations and generally outperform their opposition.Born Leader provide tailored, holistic solutions wherein customers decide their event's content and we plan, deliver, mentor and support the complete package. Our training workshops are designed to raise awareness of how teams and their leaders operate under pressure. Born Leader does not just concentrate on the physical team building experience, but also looks what sort of personality traits the group has, how they interact with each other, how they make decisions individually and as a team and how they tend to manage themselves.

The skills learned in man management over the last 30 Years, i.e. leadership, planning and organisation have been transferable directly to the parallel civilian career. Appointments held include Commanding a Recovery Company of 120 full and part time staff and Second in Command of an Officer Training Corps of over 300 students both in the rank of Major. These tours of duty has given an opportunity to lead an organisation in some demanding situations including deployment of troops to Iraq on operations, the foot and mouth crisis and numerous individual deployments to operations all over the world.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Pocket Tours was founded in 2010 and first focused on bringing history to life with the worlds first battlefield tour app for the iPhone. The app brings history to life by using the full suite of functionality available on the Apple mobile platform. There are currently 6 apps on sale but only three of these are battlefield tours: The Battle of The Somme, The Battle of Arnhem and The Battle of Flodden. The battlefield apps allow users to visit these historical sites from the comfort of their armchair whilst hearing from world-renowned historians exactly what happened, who was involved and how history was shaped. It is then possible for those that have the opportunity to visit the site and be guided around whilst listening to the commentary and seeing where historic events took place through the live camera. Users can also view photographs, hear original sound clips and see film footage to further bring the scene to life.The latest App's have proved the versatility of the platform. Shore Diving in the Cayman Islands, Hadrian's Wall and Historic Scarborough have proven to be very successful and we are always on the lookout for others.

Rowlands Gill

Arnia produces and sells high quality remote hive monitoring systems to beekeepers, bee researchers and to crop protection and Agritech industries. The company was established in 2009, launched its first products in October 2013 and since then systems have been sold to over 20 countries worldwide including to the world’s largest crop protection companies, Bayer and Syngenta. Mark took over as CEO in 2016 and has concentrated on optimising the potential of the company’s unique product portfolio including:-Further product development, incorporating low price equipment for hobby beekeepers into the range to compliment the bespoke bee farming scale equipment.-Global scientific programmes with leading research organisations and international corporates.-Investigation into the potential worldwide benefits of data collected from bees for farming, climate control, food production optimisation-Instigation of a curriculum ready, STEM module based on bee science for roll-out nationally for Primary Schools.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Jumanji Europe, specialises in helping manufacturing companies in Europe, source high quality components and assemblies at a lowest possible cost, with diversified Engineering Sourcing Services and Manufacturing. The company was founded in 1997 by a core group of experienced manufacturing professionals.We offer precision: Metal & Plastic molded components in Die Casting, Plastic Injection, CNC Machining, and Stamping for Telecom, Household, Automotive, Office, & commercial products as well as industrial components. With our wide variety of in-house capabilities to provide you with maximum cost savings without sacrificing the quality you need. Together we can develop the best possible solution and support you from – Design to Mass production and getting you to the market ahead of your peers.

Director of a highly successful and profitable regional consultancy based around the Higher Education Sector in the North East of England. A proven track record in areas such as Complex Problem Solving, New Technology Implementation and Business Development can be transferred to numerous different organisational situations.Recent Achievements13 Years experience of running a complex consultancy organisation with over 5600 technology biased enquiries leading to over 1800 contracts.Business Development Director for Knowledge House - Responsible for Operations and Business DevelopmentDeveloped and implemented strategy for business growth leading to 25% increased sales year on year since 2001Knowledge House has been acknowledged and cited by the OECD as an example of global best practice in the management and delivery of interventions at the HE/Business interface.Personal mentor to numerous successful new product development initiatives and business start ups. Specialties:academic engagement, automotive, consulting, cost control, customer relations, delivery, engineering, focus, layout design, leadership, management, marketing, production, sales, strategic

Started up and ran a very successful commercial organisation within the University exploiting the virtually untapped academic expertise to provide solutions to the business community and to generate an ongoing, significant income stream for the institute. The project was initially designed to increase the competitiveness of industry within the North East of England and has been recognised both nationally and internationally as an exemplar. A strategic model was initially developed for the business which allowed it to grow, outstripping its targets to a degree not imagined prior to the start of the project. This strategic outlook coupled with a sound understanding of operational procedures has laid the foundations for long term commercial success. Clients have included hundreds of companies who needed help to identify problems and then plan solutions. The sort of projects undertaken have varied enormously and have involved staff from every discipline within the organisation. The projects completed cover the entire academic portfolio and in many cases success has been achieved by using people from various disciplines and providing turnkey solutions for our partners.Skills acquired in the areas of sales, marketing, and administration as well as providing expert technical and managerial advice has allowed a holistic approach to providing advice, which invariably creates, an empathy with clients. This usually leads to long term relationships and long term prosperity.

Working across Canada and North America on a sub contract basis. The usual consulting methodology involved going into a company with a rough outline of where the management thought the problems were. A process map was then produced which was the key tool used to identify areas of improvement. These recommendations were then developed into a proposed work schedule which was in turn used to lead the company through the implementation phases. The key to all of this was partnership while retaining the focus of cost reduction and productivity improvement with gains of 20/30% being typical.Customers included Nabisco, Xerox, the Canadian Treasury Board and Rogers AT&T with each initial analysis leading to follow up work. Projects were also undertaken in the manufacturing industry with impressive returns on investment being achieved. In one instance it was possible after a four week analysis to identify savings in the region of $1M per annum.

Manufacture of brake and fuel systems for Nissan

Managed £5M p.a. turnover business employing 50+ people supplying to Nissan Manufacturing UK, one of the most productive automotive operations in the world. Delivering with a 37 minute lead time, 24 times per day to a quality level of less than 10 parts per million reject.Co-ordinated factory move into purpose built 30 000 ft2 unit while maintaining a tight delivery schedule to Nissan.Worked with Operations Manager as Production Engineer to set up factory layout, TPM schedules, operator training, housekeeping schedules etc. This created the environment to allow the introduction of Kiazen activities, which in turn allowed the company to improve its measured performance.Managed a machine manufacture cell, producing specialist pneumatic powered PLC controlled pipe bending equipment. Responsible as both Product Engineer and Deputy Operations Manager for all of the European Nissan business. Other projects:Introduction of Synchronous delivery system (16 deliveries per day)Purchase of CNC capital equipment worth over £300 000Co-ordination of a worldwide project to introduce new technology into Nissans non Japanese "transplant" operations.

The role carried out was that of a Production/Design Engineer, working in both a technical advice role and with suppliers in a development

Mba, Business Administration

MBA

Beng, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: NUOTCBEng (Hons) IMechE