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GLENN HARRISON
Project Management Lead
Andover
Summary
Proven leader and well-rounded expert in technical project management and team development. Has the versatility to drive to fast moving innovations and complex capital programs. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to ensure product delivery.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Management Lead
JTI, Consumer, FMCG
01.2018 - Current
- Providing technical and project leadership to deliver liquid and solid vaporiser development projects from concept through to mass production
- Successfully managed global internal and external resources to deliver concepts and products within tight regulatory requirements
- Leading and developing a multicultural team of technical project managers - 3 direct reports
- Managing product portfolios for liquid vaporisers from proof of principle to post launch market support
- Delivering global governance initiatives to align processes, terminology and documentation for key R&D workstreams
- R&D project lead for JTI’s first Tobacco Heated Product “Ploom model S” from very early conceptual ideas to production launch
- A very challenging project as this was the first heat not burn product for JTI and required managing numerous external partners from business development, design and manufacture
- Proactively lead a project to develop Ploom diagnostic software to enable continuous product improvement and provide technical support to global markets
- Generated innovative solutions and IP across different technological areas and disciplines to successfully produce a consumer focussed product
- Facilitated workshops and experienced in presenting technical data to non-technical global stakeholders.
R&D Senior Project Manager IoT
VivoPlex Medical Ltd
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Start-up) Hampshire, Reporting to the COO, managing a team of multi-disciplined engineers, scientists, and consultants to develop IoT miniaturised biometric sensing systems
- Drove the team to deliver a successful demonstration product to support fertility treatment, including an implantable device, wearable garment, and clinician software platform
- Produced business case financial forecasts for face-to-face discussions with key investors
- Also responsible for supplier management, medical device quality and general management of onsite team.
R&D Manager Technical Innovations
CooperVision, Medical Device FMCG
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Responsible for delivering new products and capital equipment for the contact lens industry
- Managing the complete life cycle including, specifications, design, installation and validation on multiple projects with budgets to £12 Million
- Delivered from concept to production a fully automated manufacturing facility capable of producing 200 million silicone contact lenses per year - this involved managing 5 global suppliers and a multi-discipline team of 11.
Mechanical Engineering Leader
Silverbrook Research Pty
Sydney
01.2011 - 01.2013
- Managed a global team consisting of design, manufacturing and quality engineers to deliver technologies into the consumer goods market
- Working for a world leading entrepreneur and patent holder designing a digital pen, the smallest and most ergonomically designed product of its kind.
Project Manager
Nokia UK Ltd, Smartphones
01.2008 - 01.2011
- Responsible for delivering the complete mechanical package from concept to mass production for new smartphone devices
- Successfully managed a team of 8 including mechanical design, product designers and simulation engineers
- Instrumental in delivering Nokia’s fastest product development programme, the C5 smartphone delivered from concept to production in 8 months, a 55% reduction from the standard delivery time; this became the benchmark for all future projects.
Design / Project Engineer
Drinks, Consumer Products FMCG
01.2000 - 01.2008
- Progressed from design engineer to project engineer developing coffee machines for the home and office, Designed and implemented a complex mechanical mechanism from research through to mass production, resulting in one of the most reliable vending product to date, reducing service call-outs by a 75%.
Mechanical Design Engineer
Heidelberg, Printing Automation
Boston
01.1998 - 01.2000
- Initially recruited in the UK as part of graduate training and transferred to Boston USA to work on a prototype high-speed book binder.
Education
Postgraduate Certificate - Management Studies
Thames Valley University
BEng (Hons) Degree - Mechanical Engineering
Sheffield Hallam University
Skills
Consumer product designAutomation design and developmentOrganisational skills managing multiple projectsLine managementTechnical multi-disciplinary team management
Agile & Prince 2
Project leadership
Supplier management
Interpersonal Communication
IOT experienced
Interests
Volunteering for my sons BMX club
Timeline
Project Management Lead
JTI, Consumer, FMCG
01.2018 - Current
R&D Senior Project Manager IoT
VivoPlex Medical Ltd
01.2017 - 01.2018
R&D Manager Technical Innovations
CooperVision, Medical Device FMCG
01.2013 - 01.2017
Mechanical Engineering Leader
Silverbrook Research Pty
01.2011 - 01.2013
Project Manager
Nokia UK Ltd, Smartphones
01.2008 - 01.2011
Design / Project Engineer
Drinks, Consumer Products FMCG
01.2000 - 01.2008
Mechanical Design Engineer
Heidelberg, Printing Automation
01.1998 - 01.2000
Postgraduate Certificate - Management Studies
Thames Valley University
BEng (Hons) Degree - Mechanical Engineering
Sheffield Hallam University