AM-AEROSPACE - Key Persons
Alison has over 35 years' experience in local government, living and working in South Ayrshire. She focuses on developing and delivering projects that support the South Ayrshire economy, informed by her partnerships with industry, academia, economic development agencies and the community, and has a strong track record in securing external funding to extend the value of the council's financial investment.
Alison supports the project through partnership management and ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions of grant.
Annette joined the SCA project in September 2021 and in her role as Programme Officer leads on all matters relating to compliance, monitoring and communications. She is responsible for driving forward and keeping track of key performance activity, and for preparing and submitting grant claims to the Scottish Government supported Advancing Manufacturing Challenge Fund (AMCF). Annette works closely with the project team and project partners to animate the project delivery plan to successfully deliver and evaluate outputs and outcomes.
With 20 years' experience working in local authority within Information & Governance roles and four years within the aviation sector in a compliance role, Annette brings a wealth of knowledge to the team regarding the intricacies and compliance involved in delivering projects which are assisted by external funding bodies.
Job Titles:
- Applications Specialist
- Project Manager
With a wealth of experience in the aerospace industry and visualisation technologies, Brian's experience gives him a sound base to understand companies' requirements and deliver tailored solutions. He has a passion for exploring new technologies and an ability to see how these can be applied to industry.
Brian has 29 years of aerospace manufacturing experience with a Tier 1 company. Starting with a Modern Apprenticeship, Brian has worked through many roles on the shop floor, to Digital Manufacturing Lead, achieving a BSc in Design Engineering Management from the Open University. He has a passion for education and is involved in numerous educational bodies. He has delivered several successful educational programmes, earning him the Helen Dowie Award for Lifelong Learning in 2017.
Job Titles:
- Aerospace Procurement Specialist
- Procurement Specialist
As Procurement Specialist, Daniel acts as enabler between multinational aerospace companies with bases in South Ayrshire and the local supply chain, identifying opportunities and developing capability to supply and increase local content in the aerospace supply chain. Together with Gary, he engages directly with SMEs to help them enter the aerospace and space markets.
With over 30 years' experience within Procurement and Supply Chain, Daniel began his career in the Finance department of Scottish Aviation, costing major programmes. He then joined the Materials Management team, responsible for supply chain activities and provisions for the Jetstream 31/32 programme. When Scottish Aviation merged with the British Aerospace group, Daniel joined the Procurement department, undertaking an MCIPS (Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply) qualification. From here he progressed to managerial positions within BAE's Procurement and Supply Chain.
Daniel left BAE in the 1990s to work in Procurement within a range of industries, including banking, electronics, facilities management and commercial aviation. He then returned to BAE as Strategic Procurement Manager and headed up the Vendor Management team, supporting 1,400 BAE manufactured aircraft globally with spares and services. Daniel joined SCA at the very beginning of the project in July 2020.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Engineer
- Manufacturing Process Technology and Innovation Expert
Daniele has a background in Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Data Science and Numerical Optimisation. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pisa, as well as an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) and MBA from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Daniele has 10 years' experience in R&D and Engineering. Based for five years in the Weir Advanced Research Centre (WARC) at Strathclyde University, he developed Artificial Intelligence tools for decision making and optimization tools in the manufacturing and supply chain contexts. His academic work within Strathclyde began in 2013, joining the Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC, part of NMIS) in 2019, collaborating on the largest R&D project in Scotland, funded by Boeing.
Daniele is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), and Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Job Titles:
- Supply Chain Specialist - Aerospace
- Supply Chain Specialist in Aerospace at the University of Strathclyde
Davood is a Supply Chain Specialist in Aerospace at the University of Strathclyde, employed by the Low Carbon Challenge Fund. Within the SCA team, he leads on the area of aircraft decommissioning, engaging with SMEs to help them extend the lifecycle of their assets in the aerospace sector and to start their journey towards achieving net zero.
An experienced process improvement Project Manager, Davood has a demonstrated history of working in aerospace, logistics and higher education. With a PhD in Manufacturing and Supply Chain from Cranfield University, he is skilled and highly experienced in the project life cycle for process improvement and new technology implementation on Supply Chain Management.
Job Titles:
- Aerospace and Space Supply Chain Specialist
Gary joined the SCA project in middle of August 2020 and as Supply Chain Specialist supports SMEs to take their first steps into the aerospace sector. Gary's career in the sector spans almost 40 years. With a background in Detail and Assembly Manufacturing, both in metallics and composite, he has a wealth of experience in Quality, Supplier Development, Operations and Programme Management.
Utilising his vast experience and knowledge, Gary engages with procurement and supply chain teams within the Aerospace Cluster at Prestwick, and other OEMs, to identify entry points for non-aerospace SMEs with appropriate capability. As well as working with new entrants to the aerospace sector, he identifies opportunities for incumbent SME suppliers to increase supply and support SMEs in developing existing capability.