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Key Skills
• Strong technical leadership of product development teams.
• Comprehensive understanding and knowledge of RF and radio circuits and systems.
• Proven team building and leadership capabilities.
• Management of development programmes within cost and required timescales.
• Thorough knowledge of availability, reliability and maintainability of PCB designs
and large systems.
• Design for Product Safety and EMC compliance.
• High degree of product life cycle awareness.
Career Summary
Director of Product Qualification & Support Dec 2007 to Jan 2010 Quintel Technology
Head of Product Qualification & Support Jan 2005 to Dec 2007 Quintel Technology
Joined Quintel Technology Ltd (as a Qinetiq employee seconded to Quintel) in January
2005, taking responsibility for all post design services, including Design Verification
Testing, System Test, Regulatory Approval, Product Qualification and Reliability Test
and Analysis. Position changed to Director of Product Qualification & Support during a
company reorganisation.
The role required the design of an end-to-end test strategy, to determine products were
designed and manufactured to meet their requirements, which was efficient, cost
effective and manageable by the small team available. The role required support to
product design teams and manufacturing partners.
While providing reliability consultancy to Quintel Technology role was extended to cover
trial support including system test, installation and commissioning.
Responsible for all aspects of hardware design, development and manufacturing support
for Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) telecommunications system through the management
of hardware development sub-contractor with an annual budget in the region of £700k.
Responsible for three reliability/regulatory approval engineers and six design verification
test (DVT) engineers for FWA products.
• Obtained ‘Global’ product safety approval for FWA equipment with single application.
Costs saved associated with country-by-country applications.
Other Skills :
Computer skills, including daily use of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and Outlook with some use of Microsoft Project and Microsoft Access.
I am married with two children now both living away from home. I have spent much time
and energy in extending, refurbishing and decorating our present family home. I enjoy
reading, gardening, playing the guitar and cooking. I also follow basketball and football as
spectator sports. In my holidays I enjoy travelling with my wife, both abroad and in the
UK. I enjoy walking, particularly in the more exposed areas like Dartmoor or the Lake
District. I hold a full UK driving licence, with no convictions.