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Lead Industrial Design Consultant
Freelance
London, United Kingdom
Sep 2014 - Present (10 years 1 month)
I am an experienced industrial designer and design team leader with over 20yrs experience. Most has been within design consultancies with over 15yrs in Medical Device Design and Development, including its transfer to manufacture and CE approval.
I bring a strong technical knowledge, with experience in the development of rapid in-vitro diagnostics, cardio diagnostic devices, airway management tools, anaesthesia ventilators and cancer diagnostics/ adjuncts amongst many devices.
I am a keen problem solver, focused on user experience throughout the entire product development process while developing briefs, established requirements and ensuring projects are delivered to relevant standards.
Over the past few years I have struggled with health related issues that thankfully are now diagnosed and under control. I am currently based in SW London and am available for work immediately.
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HEAD OF DESIGN
Triteq Ltd
Feb 2010 - Present (14 years 8 months)
I manage all the Industrial Design related activities of Triteq, a leading innovation and development partner across a wide range of industry sectors, including Medical, Strategic Health Delivery, Scientific, Safety Critical and Consumer electronics.
I also engage as a Design Mentor to New technology companies, large and small, advising on a User Needs focused product development process and commercially viable routes to market.
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HEAD OF DESIGN
Pearson Matthews Innovation Consultants
Jun 2007 - Sep 2008 (1 year 3 months)
Initially employed to manage a particularly complex project involving new medical device technologies, my responsibilities then extended to bringing together as Head of Design their team of designers, engineers and prototype makers.
Previous emphasis upon increased quality management was expanded upon within this ISO9001/2 environment where I was again required to efficiently manage clients, teams and projects.
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DESIGN DIRECTOR
Nova Design (Shanghai)
Apr 2006 - Oct 2006 (6 months)
Responsible for establishing a design team capable of servicing international Clients and moving the company into the field of Medical / Scientific products, overseeing day-to-day Creative Direction of all projects for clients such as Siemens BSH, Johnson & Johnson (Ethicon Endo-surgery), Aearo and Midea.
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DESIGN DIRECTOR
IDC (Beijing)
Aug 2003 - Mar 2006 (2 years 7 months)
At the request of contacts made within China I was invited to asset in raising the level of design quality and increasing the awareness of innovation at Business, Manufacturing and Governmental level across China.
I was also responsible for the development of a professional design team within the Beijing Industrial Design Centre.
Activities included; Design promotion with companies, universities and government departments on behalf of the Chinese industrial Design Association (CIDA).
• Addressing major economic conferences such as APEC 2004 and MOFCOM 2010 on the importance of Design and Innovation to national and international development.
• Advising officials and departments on Design positive policy and legislation.
• Publicizing design awareness in Chinese national press.
• Design Direction of Industrial Design and Engineering teams.
• Personal tutoring of Design students from various Chinese universities.
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PRODUCT DESIGN ASSOCIATE
Conran & Partners
Mar 1994 - Jun 2002 (8 years 3 months)
I undertook the position of Senior Product Design Associate within the combined Conran design groups.
During this time I directed the Product Design team, taking responsibility for all design output, mentoring and providing creative/ technical direction.
Our clients included many popular household names in home wares and consumer products where we developed a reputation for technical innovation combined with commercial success.