Capabilities and Services Offered

Helping companies grow & sustain their competitive advantage by answering their toughest questions: What will their future customers likely need or desire?

Strategic innovation 

Innovation strategy development & market and competitive analysis.

How will the market evolve, what is likely to remain constant? What emerging trends are likely to impact their current consumer or business models.  

Identifying growth opportunities, anticipate change, and unlock new customer experiences.

Many years experience identifying the 'next big thing' from Dyson, BAT & Costa Coffee 

Over 20 years experience leading the design and engineering of mass manufactured consumer centric products.  

Product Design

Extensively experienced in frontend innovation and building MVP or proof of concept products or prototypes. 

I can provide either turn-key product development support

or

 Provide complementary support to your internal teams or third party partners to efficiently bring products to life.

Accustom to both in-house and outsourced design & engineering, I am well networked and can assist building the dream team

Over 20 years experience leading the design and engineering of products from inception to working proof of concepts

Product Engineering

Calling on past experiences to come up with creative solutions to your technical problems. A natural-born problem solver and can transform compelling ideas into reality. 

Experience in solving mechanical, electro-mechanical, and electronic challenges to invent new product concepts 

Support partner selection 

& commercial due diligence

Providing support from concept inception to mass manufacturable solutions 

 Proposition, service design, and innovation to create meaningful, customer-centric solutions that drive value and differentiation  

Customer Proposition Development

Defining a clear value proposition for a new or existing product/service based on customer needs, market insights, and competitive positioning.
 

New Service Concept Creation Designing entirely new services or business models to tap into emerging markets or customer segments.
 

Experience Prototyping & Testing Creating mock-ups or pilots of new propositions
 

Innovation Workshops 

Facilitating sessions to generate, refine, and prioritise innovative ideas.

Providing tangible & actionable outcomes of commercial value

Comprehensive IP experience with over 450 patent families (1700+ publications)

Currently 6th most named inventor in the UK (Patenting Globally).

Intellectual Property Strategy

A systematic approach that to manage and leverage your intellectual property

Wargaming 

Navigating third party intellectual property & providing technical solutions in heavily contested spaces. 

Expert Witness

 Delivering impartial and objective expertise to provide a thoroughly considered, unbiased opinion on specific matters in dispute, based solely on the facts and evidence presented.

Leverage my industry experience to help solve your challenges

Start up Mentoring & Support 

helping start-ups to meet their goals & help navigate pitfalls

Organisational Consulting & 

Advisory Services 

Advising on approach to innovation

Creating an innovative culture.

Supporting organisations  with their innovation programmes

Confidential Scouting & Research

 A confidential, behind-the-scenes research and technology-scouting service that anonymously explores new technologies, potential partners, and competitive developments on behalf of your organisation 

Technical Due Diligence 

Supporting M&A, venturing activities