Creating innovative products, that promote; individual, social, and environmental well-being.Currently operating under subsidiary 'The Huggable Co', which released the 'most collapsible mug in the world' that is; nano tech enabled, pocket friendly, double wall insulated, and has up to 9 options. More releases to come..

Consulting SME's that are based in the EU and US in respect to;- Design for Manufacturing and Assembly- Sourcing factories- Concept and branding ideation- PCB and electronics integration- Supply chain management- FEA analysis- Quality assurance measures

Core responsibilities: • Researched and suggested new product ranges to adopt given market trends and seeming opportunities• Worked with the Asia team to resolve tooling issues to give higher quality output with recycled material• Managed new product listings through the ERP network and made sure clearly fulfilled for various company arms• Reviewed quality of output from production units, and made corrective suggestions where necessary, such as incorrectly matched and… Show more Core responsibilities: • Researched and suggested new product ranges to adopt given market trends and seeming opportunities• Worked with the Asia team to resolve tooling issues to give higher quality output with recycled material• Managed new product listings through the ERP network and made sure clearly fulfilled for various company arms• Reviewed quality of output from production units, and made corrective suggestions where necessary, such as incorrectly matched and made die cuts for the PU casing• Talked to the Asia team about new releases and picked most appropriate to forward to sales• Refreshed new phone case SKU availabilities and release dates on a continual basis by consulting numerous factories• Worked with 4OCEAN in establishing a phone case release, utilizing ocean plastic waste and explored the parameters of workability in respect to a high-quality end productAchievements;• Created POS materials for the sales team to promote and make clear to consumers the benefits of UCB C as a technology• Sourced and vetted around 30 US based factories. Resolved to a solution that was comparable to Asia prices with high quality, as such; no import duty, no shipment pollution, tighter lead times, lower end cost, and tapping into the ‘Made in America’ ethos• Pushed more resources for Eco Agenda, bringing in a highly vetted Carbon offset body and a Tree planting solution equivalent to 0.10USD per tree at scale• Streamlined costing validation processes, taking the initial factory cost and then giving an automatic breakdown of costs at interceding points, such as from sales to brick and mortar Show less

Core responsibilities: • Ran the Design arm of the Engineering team, consisting of a team of up to 5 people• Advised SME companies from around the world on their Design for Manufacturing and Assembly needs. Products ranged from sports equipment to waste management companies• Provided end to end design consulting services for a range of clients with various product needs in different stages of development. Integration of HW/SW being a core composite of many• Key point of… Show more Core responsibilities: • Ran the Design arm of the Engineering team, consisting of a team of up to 5 people• Advised SME companies from around the world on their Design for Manufacturing and Assembly needs. Products ranged from sports equipment to waste management companies• Provided end to end design consulting services for a range of clients with various product needs in different stages of development. Integration of HW/SW being a core composite of many• Key point of contact between clients and manufacturers across China and Taiwan. This included; sourcing, vetting and auditing factories, and negotiating terms of business• Developed working instructions with factory to streamline the production process, and was often onsite for multiple days at a time being the only English speaking person.• Ensured products met safety regulations• Conducted FEA to ensure product life cycle and structural considerations were met• Managed logistics and supply of necessary paperwork for products being shipped back to Europe i.e. MSDS, CE etc.• Keep up to date with EU product legislation• Developed in house design projects, with a keen interest in products that are beneficial for the environmentAchievements:• Brought turn around time from sketch through to closing shipment doors down to 8 months, including; in house prototyping, DFMA prototypes, Tooling, Testing, Production and Packing• Led a team to win the 2016 DCIC ‘Environmental design award’ with an in-house design project• Developed products with clients that are still in production and have sold in the 10’s of thousands of units.Key skills:- In-depth understanding of; - CAD, rendering and DFM inclusion from offset in the process- Both in-house and outsourced prototyping techniques- DFMA solutions- Different production mould types- AQL standards, FAI, FQC and shipment- Proficient knowledge in; Solidworks, Keyshot, Adobe and Office suites. Show less