Lecturer teaching PCB Design from beginner to advanced levels.

 Installing a customized Altium Designer system and Library and writing procedures to implement the system efficiently. PCB Design of 4 Oz copper Power Boards and Digital control Boards.

UK Altium Designer. Altium Vault  Responsible for all PCB related matters.  High volume production design on high powered analog 5 Oz Copper boards used in the Solar to Battery world.  Managing the company Design team, implementing a structured Altium system and training new Designers

 UK Altium Designer 2012, Cadstar.  Responsible for Designing all PCB Layouts for GIS, a world leading developer and supplier of industrial inkjet printing systems, twice awarded the “Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade”. PCB Designs containing 1000 pin BGA,s with DDR3 memory routing, Differential Pair Routing, Controlled Impedance, USB. And Ethernet.  Introduction of the IPC7351B Standard.  PCB designer training.

 UK Designing Printed Circuit Boards for various companies, including Quantum CAD (Port Talbot), Turbo Power Systems (Gateshead), Raymarine (Portsmouth), Innotec Limited (Essex) and Beaulieu (Andover).  Expert witness support for Scottish criminal appeal case Abdelbaset al-Megrahi (Lockerbie bombing)

 Designing from RF to highly complex high-speed blind and buried multi pin micro BGA PCBs, as well as managing the day to day business operations.  I specialized in the design of PCBs from single sided to 12 Layer micro via, Via In Pad using Zuken Cadstar and PADS Power PCB software and involved in every aspect of turnkey electronic product design, from the clients’ initial idea through to production and manufacture.  PCB designer training.Notable product successes… Show more  Designing from RF to highly complex high-speed blind and buried multi pin micro BGA PCBs, as well as managing the day to day business operations.  I specialized in the design of PCBs from single sided to 12 Layer micro via, Via In Pad using Zuken Cadstar and PADS Power PCB software and involved in every aspect of turnkey electronic product design, from the clients’ initial idea through to production and manufacture.  PCB designer training.Notable product successes include the design of PCBs for:  The ECU powering the Ford Focus WRC and Nissan Primera British Touring Car Winner.  The electronic active suspension of the Sauber Formula One racing car.  The first Amstrad Fax Machine, TV Video and E-mailer Telephone.  Oil and gas safety systems for ICS Triplex and Halliburton in Houston, Texas.  RF 1.5 GHz radio bar code reader on hand held laser devices for Symbol Technologies USA, found in Sainsbury’s Supermarkets.  Hundreds of successful products manufactured in their tens of thousands from simple fishing bite detectors to Cameras used in the inspection of Nuclear power reactor vessels. Show less

 The introduction of CAD (computer aided design) PCB design into the BBC Designs, Research & Equipment Departments. Hands on day to day running of 5 Racal Redac Colour Cadet PCB workstations, Ferranti EP530 photoplotter and staffing.  Training of all PCB Designers throughout the Corporation.  Designing the BBC’s printed circuit boards from RF to Digital.  All internal photo-plotting and board manufacture.Notable product successes include the design of PCBs for:… Show more  The introduction of CAD (computer aided design) PCB design into the BBC Designs, Research & Equipment Departments. Hands on day to day running of 5 Racal Redac Colour Cadet PCB workstations, Ferranti EP530 photoplotter and staffing.  Training of all PCB Designers throughout the Corporation.  Designing the BBC’s printed circuit boards from RF to Digital.  All internal photo-plotting and board manufacture.Notable product successes include the design of PCBs for:  The ‘BBC 1’ digital rotating globe logo, the ‘BBC 2’ logo, and the ‘BBC 2’ clock  Nicam stereo  Colour separation overlay Show less

 As a Trainee PCB Assistant, I completed a one-year training period 6 months ahead of schedule.  Responsible for designing PCB layouts used in communication products such as studio and outside broadcast portable TV cameras and telecine.