Leading on the design and implementation of Sussex Innovation delivered support services, relating to key aspects of the University’s Business Engagement and Industrial Strategy policy, including research commercialisation, SINC business engagement support and the academic enterprise education programme and all student enterprise activity. I utilisie my extensive technology transfer knowledge and practical experience to support the University in identifying key academic research commercialisation projects, advising on future strategy, direction, delivery and connecting support requirements as well as identifying commercial implementation models and signposting to the university relating to KEF, Research Excellence Framework, and university services. I'm a key member of the Senior Management Team at Sussex Innovation and work closely with other team members to develop the business strategy for the organisation

- Work closely with University of Sussex academics to engage commercial partners, align stakeholders, develop informed business models and build founder team skills to spin-out multiple university technologies.- Grant funding panel member to assess applications – Coast to Capital LEP Growth Funding- Work with a wide variety of technology start-ups and scale-ups, developing clear value propositions, business models and evidence-based strategies for growth- Have supported over eighty academic research commercialisation projects in understanding potential commercial value, customer perspectives, positioning and routes to market for a wide variety of disciplines. These include physics, quantum (sensors), psychology, life sciences, data science, medical and engineering.- Proactively generation of a diverse pipeline of commercialisation projects, revealing future commercial potential and support needs.- Supporting Innovation Centre Director in securing European funding opportunities. ERDF BRAIN (Building Research Academic Innovation Networks), ERDF Hothouse (High Growth Business Support)- Identifying, matching and supporting applications for relevant funding calls to develop technology applications, including DSTL/DASA funding routes.- Key role in the creation of a Catalyst Team graduate programme. A paid graduate internship schemeoffering growing companies the most flexible and risk-free way to tackle their ‘to-do lists’, giving graduates the opportunity to work in innovative high growth businesses.- Leverage support team experience to create an experiential entrepreneurial training program and competition, Start-up Sussex.

- Providing practical business advisory support to early stage ‘high growth” scale-up potentialbusinesses.- Supporting the development of a new strategy, applying incubation support teamexpertise to the development of University of Sussex technology transfer andresearch commercialisation opportunities.- Representing the Innovation Centre in University Grant Panel meetings.- Participation in funded business growth and innovation support schemes - ESEP,WAVE2, CLIC (EU).- Development of professional alliances with HR, Tax and accountancy firms. Addingvalue to Centre companies.- Events and networking – Identifying a pipeline of potential new companies tosupport.- Running of workshops / seminars and monthly meetings.

- Relationship management and negotiation of key Company supply contracts. (Stagecoach, First Group, Arriva, National Express Group, Transport for London)- Key Company Director – Shared financial responsibility, including business direction, profitability and funding.- Develop new product opportunities – Inception, PoC, business modelling and operational viability / delivery.- Key relationship management and product development with media partners, ticketing original equipment manufacturers and external suppliers.- Responsibility for strategy, financial rewards and staff appraisal and development.- Responsibility for company IT and administration systems and their development - delivery of high quality, relevant and reliable IT infrastructure.- Present regular status updates for all projects to Board members.

Key part of founding team that created Ticketmedia, commercialising the blank space on the rear of transport tickets. Key achievements:- Transformed a traditional paper roll converter with low added value into a media business. Result: added financial value of 100 times the base product.- Created new out-of-home media product developments from inception to UK wide delivery including National Bus, National Rail, National NCP and London Underground Ticket Advertising. Result: enabled business revenue to be generated exceeding £2,000,000 per annum.- Achieved peak monthly sales of £400,000.Key responsibilities:- Creative team motivation and performance including responsibility for strategy, financial rewards and staff appraisal and development.- Design and delivery of internal and external web-based projects.- Deliver prototype ticket advertising innovations including scratch and sniff, 3D and thermochromic.- Deliver media industry acceptable print quality utilising flexographic print process.- Responsibility for company IT and administration systems and their development - delivery of high quality, relevant and reliable IT infrastructure.- Present regular status updates for all projects to Board members.

Management of paper products manufacturing facility. Key responsibilities and achievements:- Maintained efficient and motivated production team with 2% absenteeism.- Met complex delivery schedules exceeding 98% accuracy.- Instigated Kanban production system delivering major production savings in excess of 30%.- Introduced proactive scheduling of machinery maintenance resulting in increased production output per unit of 17%.- Secured procurement savings on raw materials in excess of 15%.- Applied excellent housekeeping and improved methods reduced paper and ink consumption by 10%.- Instigated excellent health and safety procedures.

- Rebuilt and maintained paper conversion machinery.- Installed and set-up conversion machinery.- Machinery safety inspections.- Designed and constructed machinery to reduce costs and increase plant efficiency.