Richard Sawyer Email & Phone Number

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Elland, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Medical Device R&D Project Management

York, United Kingdom

• Providing Project / Programme Management ConsultancySpecialising in:
• Product Development
• Process Improvement
• Change Management
• Programme Planning and Execution
• Embedded Products

Whitley

• Roadmap Definition for new low cost, high volume personal Radio Pendant [RF] product line.
• Reviewed Project Management standards, processes & documentation recommending necessary changes to support lean, efficient & controlled product development procedures.
• Reviewed the R&D Product Development process & suggested change to modernise & re-focus.

Loughborough

• Programme Managed all aspects of the product development, from requirements through to Manufacture, Sales & Marketing for Consumer Electronics Division.
• Responsible for Technical on boarding of over $20m Intellectual Property acquisition from BIC across Product Development & Manufacturing Teams.
• Defined the technical roadmap of Fuel Cartridge, & UAV Fuel Cell development for potential JDA deals to be progressed by the Business Development Team.
• Accountable for all Engineering functions, ensuring development complete on schedule & on quality to meet programme requirements.
• Development of Micro Valve, using Shaped Memory Alloy technology. From concept to a fully CE certified sub system in 11 months, including establishing new manufacturing methods.
• Responsible for the New Product Introduction of all bespoke manufacturing requirements, including the introduction of a new facilities, meeting technical requirements, supply chain & introduction of the new factory as.

Loughborough

• Re-Planning the entire programme from an Electronics perspective to ensure that the condensed commercial schedule could be met, providing a new Milestone delivery plan to the Consumer Electronics Managing Director &.
• Ensuring a focussed delivery schedule would allow for Safety Approval to standards EN60950, EN62286-100 & EN60730, to include re-design of the electronics to ensure that approvals could be obtained.
• Providing guidance & support to the Operations Team during development of the manufacturing test equipment by the contract manufacturer based in China.
• Driving Change Management, seeking approval from internal stakeholders during each delivery phase.
• Supporting System Integration phases after each delivery, ensuring that maintenance activity was managed following each hardware iteration & that design changes were fed back appropriately.Risk & Issue Management.

Victoria Road, Saltaire, Bradford

• Undertook the identification & management of key milestone events, project plans, & key deliverables for each project & programme lifecycle to ensure risks are identified & projects are delivered on time, cost &.
• Effectively developed & maintained a software delivery plan across the group to cover the work to be delivered by up to fifty engineers across three sites, for up to four customers.
• Worked on site at customer HQ in Finland during System Integration phase - managing the customer relationship, controlled fluctuating demands of the customer and supported additional revenue through up-selling new.
• Work closely with the Account & Product Manager, providing critical information required during RFQ responses.
• Financial control & reporting for the Software division, ensuring adherence to quarterly forecast & highlighting risk.
• Responsible for all software development, systems integration & QA aspects of project, supervising third Party resource/developers as well as in house resource, throughout the entire project lifecycle.

Victoria Road, Saltaire, Bradford

• Hardware & software development.
• Supervised & motivated team members from European & Indian offices, managed third party vendors / contractors in the US, India, China & Middle East.
• Project planning of all aspects of project delivery, including third party deliveries, operational aspects of manufacturing & internal development.
• Initiation of projects, systems delivery & providing expert support to internal departments, including marketing, software & hardware engineering & the test department.
• Managed Delivery of Technical Documentation, such as user manuals, prior to launch.
• Ensured manufacturing of the product on time, quality & cost, whilst ensuring adherence to Pace product development process.

Princes Exchange/Vanatage House

• Responsible for project management of an Existing Systems Providers (ESPs) through their initial deployments in the field of Primary Care, managing issues & risks.
• Liaised with both ESP Primary Care & Pharmacy suppliers to ensure technical capability & the knowledge of NHS processes to successfully deploy NPFIT software, such as Choose & Book.
• Stakeholder management interface across Primary Care deployments.
• Provided point of contact for all pharmacy suppliers within the Programme.

Dean Clough Mill, Halifax

Responsible for providing Project Support in a PMO Office environment. Key aspects of the role included: - Change Management - Risk Management - Financial Reporting - Intranet Site Development [HTML]

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History And Politics, 2:1

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