Education

B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, London University (external).
Postgraduate courses in semiconductor physics and telecommunications.
A Levels: - Math’s, Physics, Geometrical and Engineering Drawing, Metalwork
6 O Levels
Full Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Experience

Oct 1998 to date. Principal, Astonbury Marketing Services. Offering marketing and management support to businesses. Includes auditing and design of marketing material, advising on management development, marketing strategy and competition analysis.

1982 to Oct 1998 Principal then Managing Director of Number One Systems. Starting life as contract electronics design engineers, Number One Systems developed considerable expertise in laser interferometry electronics and machine vision inspection systems, working with Linear Instruments and British Aerospace. Other customers included The National Physical Laboratory, ITT, Coopers Payen (T&N), Philips, and Black Star. Number One Systems grew to be a major player in the Electronic CAD business with the launch of Easy-PC in 1988. Number One Systems won a British Design Award for the development of Easy-PC in 1989.

During the nineties the company averaged £0.5M turnover per year with 12,000 customers in over 100 countries. Responsibilities included Marketing, Dealer Management, Advertising, Sales Forecasting, Management Accounting, Financial Planning, Guiding Technical Development, Product Specification, Product Evaluation and Testing, Planning Exhibitions, Press Relations, Competition Analysis and Computer Network planning and implementation.

1978 to 1982 founder/partner A.M.Espin trading as Number One Marine

Manufacturers of marine self-steering equipment and accessories and contract electronics design engineers.

1972-1978 Sinclair Radionics Ltd. St. Ives, Cambs.

Manager of the Miniature Television design group. Responsible for a team of engineers and technicians taking the Micro-Vision from concept to final product; including contract negotiations with major suppliers and the design of three custom integrated circuits: - Video IF amp / detector, Audio IF / detector and Line and frame oscillators.

 1964-1972 Texas Instruments - Bedford and Dallas.

Initially worked in the glass to metal seals department as a Production Engineer. Then transferred to the Quality Assurance department and managed the Standards Laboratory, the Special Test dept. and the Calibration departments. Then transferred to the Integrated Circuits Department and was responsible for the design and layout of many Integrated circuits, mainly in the consumer electronics field, i.e. television, audio, radio, etc.

Skills

Electronics Design – mainly analogue, including audio, video, television, RF, microwave and power supplies - switch mode and linear, bipolar linear integrated circuits.
Computer familiar and practised with the maintenance and configuring of PC’s, Windows and Novell NetWare.
Management - over 30years of management experience including Hardware project development, Software project development, Budget preparation and control, Forecasting.
Marketing – over 20 years of marketing experience including Market Analysis, Competition Analysis, Sales Forecasting, Dealer Appointments, Direct Marketing including building of database of over 60K customers and potential customers, Advertising, Press Releases, Product Performance Analysis, Product tailoring to suit market requirements, etc..
Good mechanical engineering skills. Can use most machine tools, braze, solder, weld – electric and gas.
Woodwork, cabinet making, model making.

Recreation