Experience
RAW Aviation Consulting Ltd
Flight Ascend Consultancy: Provided mission block fuel and time forecasts for competing aircraft operating on several operators' route networks. This was a first external use of the RAWAvCon Network Fuel Calculation tool. (2018)
Rolls-Royce: Future Technology Group - Developing aircraft level design and assessment capabilities for less conventional configurations (2018).
Derwent Aviation Consulting: Provided aircraft level assessments of their novel propulsion architecture. This used the RAWAvCon capability to assess this propulsion concept in conventional and hybrid-electric powerplant. (2017/2018).
easyJet: Established a system to assess and monitor the performance their fleet of 100 A320neos and 30 A321neos against the airframe and powerplant OEM guarantees and warranties. (2017).
Aerospace Technology Institute
2015 - 2017 Lead Technologist - Whole Aircraft.
Established the whole aircraft design and modelling capability
Supported a number of stakeholder research proposals through the review process
Rolls-Royce
1998-2015 - Aircraft Performance Specialist
Trent 1000 & Trent 7000: Key member of team that secured selection for 787 & A330neo
Aircraft Operation Usage and implications on engine lifing
2 year assignment to Rolls-Royce North America Seattle office liaising with Boeing Future Projects
Technical Lead as 1st customer of Pacelab APD aircraft conceptual design software
DERA (now QinetiQ/DSTL)
1996-1998 - Aircraft Performance Engineer
Subsonic transport studies and modelling software development
Aerial refuelling systems studies
Cranfield University
1993-1996 - Research Assistant
Developed Whole Aircraft modelling capability to assess the aerodynamic, mass and SFC impacts of Laminar Flow Technology on the optimum sizing of transport aircraft