Simon Gooding

Business Development Manager - Production & Install (London & South East) (inc. Architectural, Cruise & Special Projects UK)

My role is to development new and existing business relations with Installers, Lighting Designers and Architects in the UK and Ireland. Anolis manufacture a range of LED lighting products for interior and exterior installations using the highest quality components. Anolis products can be seen in a wide variety of applications worldwide including architectural, commercial, industrial, transport, retail, domestic and entertainment lighting. Anolis company overview ANOLIS is an architectural lighting division of ROBE lighting. It has been established to design, manufacture and distribute a top-end range of LED products worldwide. As a Robe business we specialise in the field of white and colour controlled light and are committed to stay at the forefront of the evolving solid state lighting market. All products are manufactured and tested in our state of the art manufacturing plant in the Czech Republic.

Impact Products was one of the UK's leading distributors of sound, lighting and staging products to the entertainment industry. Headquartered in Northampton and with 6 branches across the UK, Impact has dedicated project, technical, rigging, engineering, sales and service teams to ensure our customers receive the very best experience. My role was mainly working with prospects to ensure they had all of the correct components for the new systems that they were looking to purchase, this may have been audio, lighting or staging applications and varied from each day. I was also responsible to manage internal staff members with relevant training and support for the sales and customer base within the subsidery offices. We exhibited at many national exhibitions working closely with suppliers and meeting with new and exisiting customers promoting the best equipment and suppoort available. The biggest highlight in my career was working with the Ministry of Defence on two RAF sites in the UK to design a fully automated paging system using QSC's new Q-Sys audio system that worked on a newly designed fibre optic network with full redundancy and power backup system. Supplying roughtly 1000+ 100v speakers for the sites and nearly 200 amplifiers.

Responsible for technical training and sales with internal and external staff as we as working closely with customers on projects and quotations

As a self employed freelance techician working for various UK & European companies working within the events, touring, conference and installation field. Gaining many new experiences and challenges working in high profile venues and resorts was a fantastic learing curve.

Responsible mainly for Goods in/out ensuing consignments are checked in correctly and allocated to the correct team or workshop. Making sure the team are prepared for the day knowing allocations for loading on internal fleet vehicles and external couriers. Also responsible for the environmental aspect for recycling of old machines and spares. Working closely with internal courier TNT to enable them to load machines on their own vehicles allocated to specific installations and drops.

Working as a field service enginner & AV installer to various pubs, clubs, Student Unions & Casinos across the UK. This was a technical role involved in the integration of various audio, video and lighiting equipment from various manufacturers. Often needed to visit emergency call outs to various UK sites to enable venues to continue trading with the installed systems.

Events Technician, preparing equipment for events and build for shows. On site installations for retail, corporate & live events