• Motivation of development teams to change and update the designs within key product families, overcoming component obsolescence issues, adding features and significantly reducing product costs. • Facilitated design and problem-solving brainstorming sessions, achieving technical solutions and improved product performance, evidenced by successful independent validation of new designs. • Managed multidisciplinary teams of engineers in the development of proven designs for technology transfer to the development team in our parent business to create a new detector product ranges. • Successful generation and transfer of technical design data packs to HQ design teams evidenced by successful production prototype creation and successful functional testing. • Successful management of development and implementation of new external plastic casings for existing and new variants of products to improve export sales. • Generated, reviewed and approved product manufacturing data such as production operations cards, inspection drawings and product structures using a variety of tools from Microsoft Office documents to PLM tools such as Windchill. • Successfully interacted with and worked with a wide range of stakeholders both inside and outside of the business. • Oversaw and participated in production transfer and production trial of new and updated products within controlled manufacturing environments, reviewing and approving samples. • Used Microsoft Project to generate project plans for scheduling, resource load identification and cost estimation. • Acted as a tester and provided role related feedback and documentation during implementation of new Product Lifecycle Management system.

• Management of the development of a new wearable portable gas detector product from early stage development through to initial production and launch. • Management of two government funded, collaborative projects, geared towards mitigation of risk and environmental impact associated with gas extraction. • Research into the detection of fires within mining and tunnelling environments. • Scientific and project management input into wider projects within the engineering function. • Used MS project to generate project plans for scheduling, resource load identification, project cost estimation and Estimated Cost at Completion (ECAC). • Generation and use of a work effort logging system to facilitate actual cost reporting to meet requirements of externally funded projects and provide base data for R&D tax credit claims.

• Responsible for the management of the worn and portable military chemical detector products produced by Smiths Detection. • Identified new customer and market requirements, through discussion with end users, resulting in new product variants and additional sales revenue. • Analysis of competing products, to develop competitive strategies and assist business development colleagues. • Supported sales and programs teams globally, providing technical solutions and technical presentations to customers, to successfully win standard product and program sales. • Development of new product offerings which were successfully delivered to global customers. • Developed and delivered training to customers, distributors and agents, to close sales activities and enable further product sales. • Development and maintenance of cash flow analysis models for products and product lines to forecast engineering resource requirement, support further investment, or justify product end of life.

• Responsible for sales and promotion of Smiths Detection's range of military and security chemical detection and identification products initially within the Middle East and subsequently, additionally Spain and Portugal.

• Responsible for the management of a linked group of projects which supplied detection hardware, support hardware and software into a major military supply programme from early product development through to initial production, supply and acceptance by the customer.

• Responsible for the management of a linked group of projects which supplied detection hardware, support hardware and software into a major military supply programme from early product development through to initial production, supply and acceptance by the customer. • Responsible for the management of the second phase of a government funded development project to create a new detection system for rapid detection of a range materials to protect critical infrastructure assets.

• Responsible for the management of the second phase of a government funded development project to create a new detection system for rapid detection of a range materials to protect critical infrastructure assets.

• Responsible for the line management of a group of research scientists (chemistry, physics and biotechnology. • Responsible for the capture and management of the first phase of a government funded development project to create a new detection system for rapid detection of a range materials to protect critical infrastructure assets.

• Responsible for the management and technical leadership of projects to assess and develop mass spectrometry methods for the autonomous and rapid, detection and identification of harmful chemical and biological materials in collaboration with government labs.

• Responsible for the management and technical leadership of projects to assess and develop mass spectrometry methods for the autonomous and rapid, detection and identification of harmful chemical and biological materials in collaboration with government labs.

• Performed research into the use of different ion chemistries on the gas phase ionisation and behaviour of a variety of chemicals to improve detection and achieve low cost and portable identification for field applications.

• Performed research into the use of different ion chemistries on the gas phase ionisation and behaviour of a variety of chemicals to improve detection and achieve low cost and portable identification for field applications.