About Me
I am a Design Engineer with over 30 years experience, specializing in the development of medical devices and medical equipment. I have worked for design consultancies in the UK and USA, with clients from individual inventors to international corporations. As well as medical devices I have worked on domestic appliances, office furniture, and ruggedized equipment.
I love all stages of product development from the initial concept development to prototyping to manufacturing liaison. Working individually or as part of a team, I like to rapidly iterate and prototype ideas as much as possible to find the best possible solution.
I have 25 years experience using Solidworks, and I have set up and maintained the infrastructure for companies, such as prototyping equipment, operating procedures, product data management, backup procedures, and tools for effective client communication.
I have a well equiped home office located in the Eastern Time Zone of the USA (New Hampshire).
Skills
From the initial meetings with clients to discuss their requirements I am familiar with the product development process and have taken many products to production.
Project Skills
| Create Client Requirements | Project Management | Team Management |
| Research | Presentations | Cost Management |
Design Skills
| Initial Brainstorming | Concept Development | Rapid Prototyping |
| Vendor Selection | EDA | FMEA |
| Patent Preparation | GD&T | 2D Drafting |
| Documentation |
Technical Skills
| Software | Infrastructure | Prototyping |
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| Solidworks | Microsoft Azure Admin | FDM |
| Microsoft Office | Microsoft Teams Admin | SLA |
| Blender | Slack Admin | MJF |
| KiCad EDM | Tailscale VPN Admin | Silicone Casting |
| SmartSheet | Solidworks PDM Admin |
Work Experience
| Eclipse Product Development |
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| NH, USA |
| 2003 - Present |
| Indes Product Design |
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| London, UK |
| 1993 - 2003 |
Patents
In the last 20 years I have been listed as a co-inventor on 16 patents and 9 design patents (more …)
Education
| BA(Hons) - Industrial Design (Engineering) |
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| University of Teesside, UK |
Interests
I spend a lot of my free time designing and making things for myself. I love learning new skills. At the moment I’m automating our house, and trying to win the towns Christmas Lights competition next year.
To relax I like to make fine wooden furniture, taking our dog for walks in the countryside, and listening to a wide range of music on the various speakers and amplifiers I have built.