• Technical Projects Manager
• Liaison between customer and technical teams
• Specification, implementation and delivery of web and PC based data-centric graphical applications
• MEng Engineering

• A position in a technology focused business that will allow me to contribute my technical and management skills in data delivery systems, and to continue improving those skills.

• Design and programmatic or manual manipulation of relational databases (MS Access; MySQL; SQL)
• Object oriented programming (VBA - Excel, Access, Word; VC++)
• Creation and customisation of websites (XHTML; CSS)
• Implementation of XML schemata (XSD)

My current primary responsibilities as Technical Project Manager are the specification, delivery and overall project management of web based applications for the consolidation, analysis and distribution of materials data.

Additional responsibilities include: co-ordinating the activities of the development teams; the preparation and customisation of databases; undertaking case studies for customers; presentation of technical papers at seminars and conferences; website customisation; liaising with the Technical Director on issues affecting core software development; pre-sales support for the Sales team; demonstration and deployment of software solutions at customer sites (predominantly in the US)

I co-ordinate the Technical Support team at Granta Design, and am the primary contact for database and materials selection related support issues.

I am responsible for training new staff at Granta Design in the use of our software products, and I develop and run training courses for our customers and strategic partners.

I am a member of Granta's Management Committee, the body responsible for setting the company's strategic direction.

I represent the interests of Granta Design on the MatML Schema Development Working Group, an international co-operative effort to standardise an XML format for the interchange of materials data (see http://www.matml.org/ for details).

I am a member of the ASM Materials Properties Database Committee, whose remit is to foster and assist in all aspects of the distribution of materials property data to the Engineering community.

Technical Project Manager - I joined Granta Design from University as a Materials Engineer to work on development of a Ceramics Database for the 'Cambridge Materials Selector' software. I went on to manage the database team, with a responsibility to co-ordinate the future development of Granta's materials databases. I developed skills in programmatically manipulating the databases, which lead to a period in the Software team writing C++. This left me with experience in all technical aspects of Granta Design's PC and Web based solutions, which led in turn to my current role managing all customer facing customisation and development projects.

Modification and development of FORTRAN-77 software to integrate with the company's existing Naval Architecture design packages.

Evaluation of electronics components for use in future projects, investigating failed components, preparing database files

• M.Eng. - Advanced Materials Processing, Computational Fluid Mechanics, Linear Algebra and Optimisation, Structural Dynamics, Design Methods, Random and Non-Linear Vibrations, Continuum Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis,
• B.A. (Hons 2.2) - Engineering, including optional modules in Materials, Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Solids, Structures, Earthquake Engineering.

King Edward VI Camphill Grammar School, Birmingham, UK
September 1985 - July 1991

• A-Level - Maths(A), Further Maths(A), Physics(A), Chemistry(B), General Studies(A)
• GCSE - English(A), French(A), Maths(A), Chemistry(A), Design(A), Physics(A), Geography(A), Latin(A), English Literature(B)

• I cycle regularly, both on and off-road.
• I maintain a Caterham kit car.
• I cook, favouring Italian food.
• I speak French to a good basic standard, and recently took a GCSE in Italian.
• I actively D.I.Y. in the house and garden.
• I am a member of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ales.