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London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Commercialising emerging technology

London, United Kingdom

Managed merger between UB corp and havebike, integrating staff and systems.Responsible for operations across:Fleet servicing contracts for all of the MET Police bikes, London, North West and North East NHS Trust Ambulance fleets and the UK wide St Johns Ambulance fleets.B to B Corporate onsite bicycle servicing contracts for 150 sites.B to C collect and return services with 20,000 customers.Developed the strategy and plan to expand and take the business forward for… Show more Managed merger between UB corp and havebike, integrating staff and systems.Responsible for operations across:Fleet servicing contracts for all of the MET Police bikes, London, North West and North East NHS Trust Ambulance fleets and the UK wide St Johns Ambulance fleets.B to B Corporate onsite bicycle servicing contracts for 150 sites.B to C collect and return services with 20,000 customers.Developed the strategy and plan to expand and take the business forward for the next 5 years.Mobike - Involved in the set up of and deployment of The UK fleet servicing contract for Mobike dock-less bike share scheme. Taking the company from 14 to 45 employees and from 1 to 5 locations in 7 months. Designed Operating Procedures, processes and workflows both for havebike UK use and Mobike global use.This created the UK's largest bicycle servicing company. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Formed UB Corp to expand the Onsite Bicycle servicing business and raising funding under the SEIS and EIS criteria.Designed and built custom software to enable expansion of the business and improve customer experience.Increased client base to 130 Sites and 5000 customers.Merged with competitor In October 2017

London, United Kingdom

2008-15: Set up an On-Site bicycle servicing business catering to corporates across London with 80 Clients and 3000 customers from the worlds leading Law firms and Banks to the BBC and government organisations.Undertook Product development and engineering projects, clients included:Vet Cell Collaboration:Developed Production prototype of Carbon fibre Hoof Support Patch in conjunction with Royal Veterinary units. and VetCell stem cell research company. Then Manufactured Carbon… Show more 2008-15: Set up an On-Site bicycle servicing business catering to corporates across London with 80 Clients and 3000 customers from the worlds leading Law firms and Banks to the BBC and government organisations.Undertook Product development and engineering projects, clients included:Vet Cell Collaboration:Developed Production prototype of Carbon fibre Hoof Support Patch in conjunction with Royal Veterinary units. and VetCell stem cell research company. Then Manufactured Carbon fibre Hoof support patch for Vet Cell, Quay Biosciences and Stromsholm.Consultant on an episode of Top Gear television program.Engineering consultant and Navigator on Off Shore Power Boat team. The team competed successfully in the worlds largest Off Shore Series never finishing a series below 4th place and winning the championship once.Warmup Plc.Factory layout, design and build, developed production workflows and layout of UK under tile heating production facility.Designed and manufactured all their Point of sale units .Designed, constructed and installed two automated production machines for the their mat mounted product.Other Product development and general engineering solutions for them.Designed and manufactured Recumbent bikes from Carbon Fibre that was a very unknown material to the cycling industry at the time. Developed new processes and techniques to create carbon monocoque frames. Show less

Undertook Engineering and product development projects whilst also designing, manufacturing and selling aluminium Recumbent bicycles.Engineering Clients included:Thames Valley Police: Designed and manufactured several projects for animal handling for the Dog Training Section at a time when they were undergoing considerable press scrutiny.Saga Group: Designed manufactured and installed ventilation controls for MV Saga Rose, Saga Holidays 24,500-tonne flagship 1997… Show more Undertook Engineering and product development projects whilst also designing, manufacturing and selling aluminium Recumbent bicycles.Engineering Clients included:Thames Valley Police: Designed and manufactured several projects for animal handling for the Dog Training Section at a time when they were undergoing considerable press scrutiny.Saga Group: Designed manufactured and installed ventilation controls for MV Saga Rose, Saga Holidays 24,500-tonne flagship 1997 refit.Solved other technical problems to enable the ship to pass its Survey and sail on schedule.Williams F1: Consultant in design and build of Gravity racing bike.RDF: Consultant expert on a production of Scrap Heap Challenge. Developed setup an online bicycle parts business. Show less

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering

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