A Chartered Electrical Engineer with 25 years’ experience in electronic and semiconductor product definition, design and manufacturing, initially as a design engineer, then as a project and programme manager and finally in product line and senior sales and marketing management. A business-to-business professional, committed to achieving mutually acceptable solutions and long term relationships with both customers and suppliers. First class presentational skills supported by a broad technical background.Between 2005 and 2020 employed at WMG, University of Warwick, most recently as Senior Programme Manager in low carbon mobility at the WMG centre High Value Manufacturing Catapult, with specific focus on the delivery of an advanced battery technology centre targeted at electric and hybrid lightweight vehicles ranging from cars, buses, and trucks to rail vehicles. Head of rail technology and central to the creation and growth of very light rail (VLR) solutions, most notably the Coventry VLR scheme and the Very Light Rail innovation centre at Dudley.Appointed CEO of the Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Centre (BCIMO) in August 2020, the legal entity for the VLR centre at Dudley.Specialties: Project Planning and Management, Competitor Analysis, Strategy, Marketing, Partnership Development.