I served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) as an Aircraft Electrical Engineer for 23 years (79 – 02), on leaving the RAF I joined Lancer UK as a Service Engineer, acquiring full test person qualifications on Washer Disinfectors, Endoscope Washer Disinfectors and Porous Load Sterilisers, I took over as Service Manager for Lancer UK, a position I held until Lancer UK were acquired by Getinge, I served as Service Customer Care and Compliance Manager for Getinge, during this time I also studied and obtained my Degree in Decontamination in 2014.I joined the NHS November 2015 as Decontamination Manager at Cumberland Infirmary, 2016 saw me become head of Medical Engineering and Decontamination for North Cumbria University Trust.I transferred to Durham and Darlington Trust as Decontamination Manager in 2018 and served there for two years, during Covid an opportunity came up to head up an External Environmental Decontamination team to train staff in a wide variety of venues in how to combat the Covid virus, culminating in Managing the Decontamination teams at the Commonwealth games.I recently completed terms of office for IDSc as Director of Communications and Interim Chairperson and I am still active within the IDSc as part of the Education Team.I started my own company ‘All Things Decontamination (ATD) Ltd’ as a Decontamination Consultant April 2023 and provide, advice, support, and training on all aspects of Decontamination.
Listed skills include Field Service, Validation, Commissioning, Medical Devices, and 20 others.