About me:

I'm using this page to clarify thoughts and identify themes from my past that have led to where I am in the moment that I write this.

Values

I've formed a bunch of values that I hold close to me that from past experience and reading about the lives of others. I like to think they have helped steer me to where I am today, but also realise that I'm probably more acting irrationally!

Always have your own, well constructed opinion on things that you think are important

Systems are better than goals; small amounts of progress daily is much more effective compared to infrequent big gestures

Exercise and personal health are the foundations to all good things in life

Lean into every social encounter with enthusiasm and always treat others with respect

Interdependency is superior to being independent

Projects worked on:

2023-Now:

Leveraging my engineering and business skillset into my first consulting roles, working for a Munich based company with a team based in London. The work is mixed but primarily focussed on serving clients in the automotive industry.

2022-2023: Business planning for electric buses & Light Commercial Vehicles

Creating a profitable business plan for the next few years for a relatively established bus and light commercial vehicle manufacturer. Working with international teams to gather market intelligence and create a product portfolio that supports the planned volumes and compliments the existing manufacturing footprint.

2018-2022: Product planning for new electric cars

Programme management and product strategy in the early phases of new vehicles. Worked on many programmes that never saw the light of day!

2016-2018: Vehicle architecting for new electric cars

Took on more ownership and worked in a small 'concept' team where we schemed a new electric car platform that could be physically altered to cater for different types of car.

2014-2016: Vehicle packaging for new sports cars

Developed a driving position for a new sports car and developed all the associated packaging of related parts and did checks to ensure compliant with all required regulations.

2012-2014: Component & system designing for all kinds of cars & motorbikes

Utlised my earlier knowledge in managing my work and my contacts made to join a consultancy to work on various projects for the automotive industry and learnt a tonne about how to design parts, the different ways to manufacture them, skinning my knuckles learning how to put the systems together and test them.

2011-2012: Model designing for new sports cars

After graduating I did a couple of jobs contracting for a few months utilising the skills I picked up at university taking an additional module for a CAD package that wasn't traditionally taught in the main curriculum. This opened some doors in a tough job market (for me personally) and led to working on designing jigs for an F1 car and desigining parts for a full scale model of a new sports car that was later shelved (unfortunately!).