Seeking interim management, problem solving, project management and Non Executive opportunities.

Vice President Survitec UK & ScandinaviaManaging Survitec UK & Scandinavia, 6 Survival Solutions Companies: £85m moving to £100m+ turnover with Willhelmson Safety Solutions integration into Survitec. 700 employees across 3 UK and companies in Sweden, Norway & France.Head of Industrial Sales, UK: Survitec SSD, improved sales & margins by 20%. Managing Director: Survitec Norway, re-engineering loss making (-£1m) to profit, made the business secure and enabled the mentored local MD to expand the business.Project Engineering Management: Transferred Civil Aerospace product group from defence business in Birkenhead to factories in China and Belfast.

Set up a medical products factory from an R&D workshop. Established a product flow line to build ‘Robotic Exoskeletons’ for global markets. Managed the recruitment of staff, established ERP, manufacturing and logistics operations to produce product to medical quality standards and prepared the company for FDA accreditation.

Aircraft Final Assembly Lines, assembly line design, hours and manning for £400m p.a. output. Project engineering management covering line manning, organisation, jig & tool supply, and supply chain supporting the launch of the A220 airliner. Reduced lead times by 50%. Value stream analysis, applied to aircraft final assembly reducing cycle time, increasing stock turns and generating inventory reductions of $25m. Accelerated ‘Learning Curve’ improvements in new aircraft build.

Managing Bench Marking and Lean Consultants Established Lean and sustainable design programmes to generate a £1m profit improvement over 24 companies Developed a strategic plan with Belfast City Council for the support of advanced manufacturing in Belfast. Managed a cross border business development programme improving the supply chains of 12 companies. Managed a capital building project and negotiated an £8m land deal and associated option contract.

Chief Executive of a start-up to £1m turnover technology based management consultancy with 15 employees. Marketing Lean, 6 sigma, TPM and the technology services of the whole NI FE and HE sector. Marketing and management of technology transfer and knowledge based projects. Developed international technology transfer partnerships (US & Canada with NI) and delivered several innovation programs. Advised and sold technology projects to over 1,000 small and medium sized companies to generate £25m in profit improvement. Established a Lean training and consultancy business linked to the Manufacturing Advisory Service Established a Benchmarking centre of excellence and in Ireland Chief Accounting Officer and lead public figure for a company with a significant public image. Developed and delivered the NI ‘Technology Advisory Service’ through three programmes Developed and delivered ‘Innovation Credits’ (now Innovation Vouchers) for Invest NI Managed and expanded a Computer Aided Design contract services company.

Operations Director of a £15m turnover Electronics and Plastics sub-contract manufacturing company, supplying Telecom, Medical electronics and Automotive industries. •Dramatically reduced; backlog to customers, work in progress and stockholding to develop new business •Implemented TPM on Surface Mount Lines and managed the facility to reach record production levels •Reduced moulding machine downtime and lead times enabling Kanban supply to assembly •Managed mould tool design, procurement and in house tool maintenance

Director and General Manager of a £20m turnover precision machining company of 165 employees, and Director of its £36m turnover UK parent, selling Mechanical Seals, Flexible couplings and services worldwide through 18 associated companies. •Implemented a Lean manufacturing strategy to double capacity whilst reducing costs by 30% •Reduced press shop lead times from six weeks to two days, reduced local stock and wip by £200k •Reduced machine shop lead times by three weeks for individual parts, to an average of one week for kit sets •Re-engineered the company into Customer Product Teams with flexible working practices and accountability •Introduced computerised planned maintenance, spares planning and operator maintenance schedules •Developed demand management and capacity planning ensuring customer delivery requirements were exceeded •Expanded product supply to include lifetime maintenance increasing product margins and profits.

Technical Director of a £40m turnover office products company with 500 employees, responsible for R & D, Design, Production Engineering, Maintenance and Tool room: Staff 65. Capital and revenue budgets £2.5m. •ACCO Rexel Group manufacturing rationalisation across ten companies. •Improved profits by £1.5m p.a. reduced lead times by 75% and increased turnover with 30% less employees •New product ranges developed and launched in the US, France, Germany and Italy. •Developed "Concurrent Eng. Teams" to focus on market expansion of core products. Improved machine and tool maintenance programmes including multi skilling of maintenance personnel to reduce costs and improve reliability •Introduced an integrated solid modelling & tool design CAD system and a computerised maintenance system.

Manager of a Multi-Company Teaching Company Scheme including: B.Ae. ICL,

Manufacturing Technology Engineer and R&D Engineer in an aerospace business employing 5,000 •Awarded M.Sc. Scholarship to carry out FMS Feasibility Study for small machined parts •Developed a robotic NDT scanning system, incorporating CAD generated off-line programming: SHORT-SCAN, saving £400K on Taylor Hitec proposed alternative and won the N. Ireland I.T. Award for 1984 •Paper presented at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Conference on Robotics, Dec 1984.