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Work experience
Illustrator - Hardware Design Engineer - Hardware Systems Architect
Smiths Aerospace/GE Aviation
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July 1967 - August 2017
Illustrator 1967-1978. Design Engineer 1978-1997. Design leadership 1997-2017.
Various engineering design & development roles including management (not my thing!) Considered expert in avionic installation & environment, CAD and Rapid Prototyping pioneer. Experience in thermal management and computer graphics (rendering).
Education
Gloucestershire College of Art & Technology
Commercial Art, Mechanical Engineering (Design), Computer Science
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January 1964 - January 1982
Began with an ambition to be an artist but switched to commercial art having realized artists are poor and more talented than me! Joined avionics company as an illustrator where, after showing aptitude, I was sponsored to study mechanical design. Working in design I became inspired by computers and their possibilities in design & graphics, so I embarked on a computer degree course (forsaken after 2 years due to pressures of work and family).