Gareth Deering

Joint responsibility with the COO for day to day running of Denroy. Specific responsibilities for Commercial strategy, Technical engineering, Contract management & Business Development.

I manage Denroy's Commercial Department, responsible for overseeing all of the Commercial activities for Denroy including Sales, Customer Service, Business Development and NPI

Responsible for business growth by winning new contracts, setting up new relationships to enable growth and promoting Denroy in industry. My main focus in this role was in the Aerospace industry but I also worked across our other industries including Automotive, Medical and Defence.

As a Business Development Engineer at Denroy I worked to continue the company's growth with a specific focus on the Aerospace Industry.

As a mechanical engineer at Radmet I consulted on a wide variety of industrial issues. My day to day job involved failure analysis on mechanical and material failures, offering mechanical design advice and writing technical reports for clients. As an engineering assistant I worked on many cases involving metallic failures and acquired skills in failure and corrosion analysis as well as microscopic examination. I extended my knowledge of materials and my responsibilities included conducting professional tests and experiments, preparing samples for examination and writing up technical reports.

As a Mechanical Design Engineer I worked predominately on Sensata's next generation of Motorbike TPMS and valves. I worked extensively with manufacturing to refine our laser weld process to ensure that the weld is robust. I worked with suppliers in Europe to ensure our moulded parts were of the high standard expected within the automotive industry and I got involved in customer discussions and gave technical presentations to several large automotive OEM customers. During my time in this position I was the lead Mechanical contact for our Far East OEM customers to whom I provided technical support.

Working in a technology start-up in Silicon Valley was a fantastic experience which I learnt a lot from. Tactus Technology is still in its early stages of growth and as a result the company is very fast paced. I worked as part of the mechanical engineering team and was responsible for several of my own projects involving designing new product components, testing products, manufacturing and problem solving. As a result of working for a venture capitalist backed start-up I have also developed a far greater interest in the business side of engineering.

During my placement in the Research and Development department I was given several projects involving design of jigs for testing components and materials, the testing and analysis of these items and designing tools specific to the sensors. I continued to work with Schrader Electronics after my internship, completing my dissertation project with the company. I am also currently working on an advanced research project for the company as part of my masters.

During my internship in Caterpillar's Electric Power Division I worked on a variety of projects in different areas such as structure design, technical research, testing and evaluation. I completed work on several projects which were used in actual generators. I developed an understanding of engineering within industry and in particular within a large, international company, having to frequently talk with co‐workers and customers around the world.