Technical Director at UnicoSystem UK / Bell Plumbing Solutions (Present)
- Lead engineering, product management and technical governance across low-carbon HVAC technologies and advanced building-services systems.
- Manage a specialist technical design function delivering HVAC system designs to Building Regulations, MCS requirements and internal quality standards.
- Provide technical direction for product management, system integration, compliance, technical documentation, installer training, technical certification and non-conformance investigations.
- Created and implemented Quality Management Systems, technical standards, installation manuals, user guides, FAQs and technical bulletins.
- Provide executive-level technical leadership across product, sales, service and training functions, translating field experience and market requirements into product and system improvements.
Heating Services & Project Director at PassivUK / PassivSystems (2017-01 – 2020-12)
- Worked on FlexiCell, an integrated energy system combining fuel-cell generation, phase-change thermal storage and heat-pump technology.
- Developed deeper practical understanding of heat-pump operating behaviour, system controls and optimisation, including how operating strategies can improve effective system efficiency.
- Worked on smart-control use cases and system architecture for coordinating distributed energy assets rather than optimising individual components in isolation.
- Explored how heat pumps and thermal storage could provide additional system value through demand response, flexibility and interoperable energy-market frameworks informed by the Universal Smart Energy Framework (USEF).
- Translated technical concepts into system/application requirements, control strategies and commercially relevant use cases.
- Worked on the integration of heat pumps, thermal storage, generation and intelligent controls as a whole energy system rather than optimising individual components in isolation.
- Developed control methodologies using process heat recovery from fuel cells to support thermal-storage charging and domestic hot-water production while optimising heat-pump operation.
- Developed system architecture, operational strategies, smart-control use cases, thermal/electrical integration concepts and energy-optimisation strategies.
- Led engineering development for connected heating systems, smart controls and integrated energy technologies across FlexiCell, Smart Energy Islands and hybrid heat-pump projects.
Project Manager at Daikin UK / NEDO Smart Communities Demonstration Project (2015-01 – 2017-12)
- Technical programme lead for an early large-scale UK residential demand-response demonstration involving approximately 550 domestic heat-pump installations.
- Coordinated DNOs, local authorities, housing stakeholders, installation contractors, Japanese government delegates and international consortium partners.
- Responsible for programme delivery, technical governance, commissioning standards and operational performance across the deployment.
- Developed practical understanding of how aggregated residential heat-pump loads can operate as controllable energy-system assets within a wider energy network.
- Worked at the interface between market requirements, product strategy, engineering development, sales and commercialisation.
- Supported development of multi-modular compressor ground-source heat pumps to increase single-phase capacity for UK and French applications.
- Made direct product-engineering contributions including the owl-shaped fan blade, inverter-driver development and mapped internal circulating-pump modulation to overcome fixed-speed limitations and support soft-start operation with traditional heating controls.
- Co-chaired the working group responsible for the complete redevelopment of the CTC heat-pump range for multi-region sales channels.
- Managed the European sales team across France, Germany, Benelux, UK & Ireland, Finland and Norway, providing direct insight into differing technical, commercial and market requirements.
- Led UK operations with responsibility spanning technical operations, commercial performance, market development, customer support and engineering leadership.
General Manager at CTC Enertech UK
Founder & Director at GRN Tech Group / Energifix (2019-01 – 2021-12)
- Delivered consultancy and technical support across low-carbon heating, heat-pump systems and system optimisation.
- Delivered installation services to Welsh for their hybrid heat pump programme
- Delivered installation services to EDF energy services
- Delivered installation services to Shell New Energies (B-Snug)
- Provided UK wide warranty and repair services to Samsung Climate Solutions UK
- Worked directly with technical and commercial stakeholders to diagnose system issues and develop practical solutions.
Commando at Royal Marines
- Operational leadership, planning, decision-making and delivery in complex environments.
