Expert Details
Product Design and Manufacturing, Product/System Defects, Intellectual Property
ID: 729917
United Kingdom
During his professional experience, he has developed a knowledge and understanding of most materials and associated manufacturing disciplines. The majority of his design and development work has been innovative by nature, involving either a new product concept or a significant departure in terms of material or process application. In many cases, the innovative design has led to the formation of a new company or new division within an existing client firm and has typically involved patent or other forms of I.P. protection.
Expert has extensive experience in analyzing, testing, and establishing likely causes of product failures and/or resulting injuries in many different fields such as automotive, numerous categories of consumer goods, and certain items of equipment.
Klix (Mars Foods) - design of a range of innovative in-cup hot/cold beverage vending machines, also the development of Flavia sachet fresh brew coffee brewing system now extensively used in US, Canada, Japan, China, Germany, France, and Ireland plus the KDesign of award-winning modular Trajan Photographic Staging system, subsequently exported to USA, Australia, Austria, etc. Design of numerous hand tools for Stanley Tools, Sheffield, England: planes, drills, scrapers, vices, etc. Design and development of wall-mounted payphone and trolley plus other telephones for British Telecom Design of ticket machines, luggage conveyors, etc. for London Transport.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1966 | Degree: BA Hons | Subject: Industrial Design (Engineering) | Institution: University of Central England (Birmingham) |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1982 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Managing Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:Responsible for many challenging, groundbreaking, and varied product design commissions for national and international clients and for embedding inclusive design principles and criteria within the design process. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 2004 | Employer: Royal College of Art/Imperial College | Title: Co-ordinator for Design Practice | Department: Industrial Design Engineering |
Responsibilities:He has been responsible for all aspects of professional practice, student placements, design and technology lecture series and content, administrative requirements, of course, student visits to industry, crits, examination criteria, tutorial records, reporting, timetabling/grouping, departmental review, the new student application process, web-site design, exhibitions, etc. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1996 to 1997 | Employer: Coventry University | Title: Head of Department | Department: Industrial Design |
Responsibilities:Responsible for all aspects of Departmental and associated Faculty operation and organisation, staff supervision, tutoring, administration, programme management. application procedures, tutoring, examinations, student crits, etc. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1966 to 1982 | Employer: DCA Design Consultants Limited | Title: Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:New business generation, new project management, research and development, electronic development, undertaking personal projects with associated client liaison, financial management of projects and client portfolios, etc. |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1984 to 1985 | Agency: Ministry of Defence | Role: Design Consultant | Description: Design of Aircrew Oxygen Mask Physical Support system. |
| Years: 1982 to 1990 | Agency: Department for Trade & Industry | Role: Approved DesignEngineering Consultancy | Description: Projects undertaken for user companies, both fully and partly funded, under DTI Design and Enterprise Initiatives (originally the Funded Consultancy Scheme). |
International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 1978 to 1979 | Country / Region: Holland | Summary: Design of range of clocks for Philips, Eindhoven. |
| Years: 1972 to 1974 | Country / Region: Ireland | Summary: Design of a range of cast iron products including pans, cookers, fires, oil-fired room heaters, cookware, etc. |
| Years: 1980 to 1982 | Country / Region: France | Summary: Bus and Train-based Ticket Machine Feasibility Study Project carried out for Syndicate of Passenger Transport executives. |
| Years: 2004 to 2005 | Country / Region: US£ | Summary: Commissioned as expert witness examining and reporting on motor crash/rollover fatality in Morocco. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| MBAE (Member of British Academy of Experts) for approx 15 years. Expert (tier 1) Association of Personal Injury Lawyers |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Fellow, Chartered Society of Designers (FSCD). |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Subject Reviewer (Quality Assurance Agency) for various UK Universities and compilation of Overview Reports. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| British Design Award, Trajan Photographic Staging |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Various design/development and expert witness reports and projects for manufacturers, also personal injury matters involving the UK/NHS, etc. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Numerous UK and International Patents. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Over 25 years experience as an expert witness including the provision of detailed reports, giving evidence, and being cross-examined in High Court and Patent Court, London, also provincial courts across the UK. Involvement also with a firm of US Attornies in connection with fatality in Morocco following 4 x 4 SUV roll-over incident requiring the provision of detailed expert report and examination of numerous depositions. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Single Joint Expert training, London, England. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Extensive knowledge of supplier network as associated with the manufacture of new products and consumer goods. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Extensive knowledge of a wide range of product areas and associated manufacturing expertise. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Product investigation and testing to establish the nature of product failure. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| French |
Fields of Expertise
component design, consumer product design, design engineering, design for manufacturability, design for manufacture and assembly, engineering design, 3D design, castings, computer design, consumer product ergonomics, design for assembly, electronic equipment design, high volume, low cost product assembly, high volume, low cost product design, industrial design, manufacturing, metal component design, metal component fabrication, plastic component design, plastic part, plastic product design, product design, snap-fit, wood product design for manufacturability, accident, accident analysis, accident causation, incident investigation, investigation, occupational injury, personal accident injury, industrial accident investigation, plastics research and development, European manufacturing, consumer focus group, plastic product development, tamper-evident closure, case temperature, engineering specification, composite material testing, consumer product packaging, bayonet coupling, composite material design for manufacturability, product reliability improvement, ski injury, electronic display instrument design, plastics industry, product testing, wood physical property, living hinge, electronic-product design for manufacturability, aluminum product design, automotive engineering design review, electronic product, machinery-related accident, electrical accident, industrial accident, motor vehicle accident, automotive accident, engineering design productivity, hinge, electrical engineering, patent law, burn injury, polymer, nondestructive testing, human factors engineering, accident investigation