Simon Payne Email & Phone Number

Uk

Seeking a new opportunity in product development and introduction.Looking to utilise my 27 years experience in new product development from White paper (pre-prototype) through to Mass Production of Consumer Products.

Wales, Uk

Director of Product development consultancy business aiding product design companies to take a product idea (pre-concept) through to mass production readiness.Clients are small and medium companies that need process and system creation or improvement including product planning & management to achieve affective product launch.Offering experience and know-how to ‘Swiftly Action and Plan Engineering solutions’ to take products from any stage between pre–concept to mass production readiness awaiting only orders and go–ahead. The company has many development cycles experience within blue chip companies and start-ups. A positive solution possible attitude developing strategy, requirements (customer & business), setting goals & targets, work breakdown strategy, cost & schedule planning and management are all with the areas of S A P Engineering Solutions Limited .Business aims are to bring products to market, whilst growing and strengthening the company behind the product allowing then to take on long term strategies.

Loughborough, United Kingdom

Chief Engineer reporting to the MD for Consumer Electronics products i.e. R & D to Mass production (NPI). (worldwide).www.intelligent-energy.com. www.beupp.comBrought a 'Proof of Concept' level unique product to mass production readiness and market field trials. Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology & Hydrogen fuel portable storage to a consumer personal energy device product.Ground breaking product development meant that with every stage new equipment had to be invented and developed across the engineering requirements of Test and Manufacture. Creating the Product Marketing requirements for Current and future products then developing the Product Engineering requirements. The Marketing & Engineering requirement Document sets the standard that must be achieved to conclude the products development and release to the market. This enabled 'work packages' to be put for tender and start the product engineering development both by internal & external resource.Product releaseThe product had market trials in Nigeria Link to announcementshttp://www.intelligent-energy.com/about-us/media-room/news/company-news/2013/05/21/intelligent-energy-and-etisalat-announce-energy-device-collaborationThe official launch was in AfriCom 12 Nov 2013 Link to announcements & reviews.BBC NEWS Technology Story - Hydrogen powered phones.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24929870Product launch News story from - Fuel Cell Today. http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/news-events/news-archive/2013/november/intelligent-energy-launches-portable-fuel-cell-consumer-electronics-charging-deviceUpp is a $199 hydrogen fuel cell for USB devices that lets you fill up instead of plugging inhttp://www.engadget.com/2013/11/12/upp-portable-hydrogen-fuel-cell/Official web site of Intelligent Energy the Launch of Upp™ - Portable Power for Your Connected Deviceshttp://www.beupp.com

SummaryExtensive experience in:• Business finance - 10 years of business unit budget manager control and planning.• Sales, negotiation, communication – 20 years developing business to meet the expectation of all stakeholders achieving positive results for all. • International relationships – 23 years of worldwide stakeholder collaborative business. • Leadership and motivation – 24 years inspiring subordinates to achieve stretch targets. • Prioritising, problem solving – 24 years resolving technical, financial and human challenges.Experience in;• Developing: - Strategies & Concepts.• Responsibility for: - Product design / development, new product introduction (NPI) (prototype to manufacture to market then lean re-engineering). • Management across multi-discipline teams of: - Project management, Electrical / Electronic, Mechanical, Software, Manufacture innovation, Lean product development, Research of world markets / products, Quality / Quality assurance, Quality systems, Product compliance / test (CE mark) and Business finance activity & transactions. • Strengths are Leadership and Motivation of staff / project members / stakeholders including contractual and project closeout negotiations. • Business stakeholder activity is worldwide (EMEA). • Driving and maintaining: - self-development and self-motivation to achieve the business goals of profit and loss through the KPI’s of quality, schedule adherence and project cost.• Deputy chair of PMUK Health & Safety committee (HSC).2010 achieved the business budget of £10 million with a business responsibility of around £300 million revenue, with an increasing technical difficulty, 130% project volume and 120% time efficiency. Around 1.5 million products were fully developed at TVDCUK and three times that figure if considering products which have key contributions from the design centre’s activity.