§  Leadership style – empowerment bestowed to the individual and resultantly, endowed upon the collective workforce.

§  Interpersonal skills (nurturing good working relationships) – sensitivity, patience, encouraging manner, able to remain calm, impartiality, awareness of participants’ needs. Personal attributes – approachable, I keep the lines of communication open at all times. Not bias, principally act as a judge for deciding which participant deserve their awards.

§  Planning and Control – Monitor  progress through the list of requirements in a ‘burn-down’ chart, showing what has been delivered and what remains. Anchored by a high-level plan showing the key milestones and deliverables by date, when implementation can be expected, and when benefits should be realised.

§  Chairing style – combination of laid-back, but also paying close attention to activities without being interventionist.

Education

Materials Science Student
(BEng)(Hons)

School of Materials Science & Engineering
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)

2012-2020   2022(TBC) 

Chair

STEM Industrial Liaison Project

2015 – 2019

§  Briefing & consultations - Problem identification (causes and conditions); run questioning, ensured each member/team listened to the other, considered & approved tasks that delivered objective, allocated tasks to team members.

§  Estimated timescale, traded off pragmatism for optimism of the effort required. This is constantly reviewed, rather than a fixed plan. At best - a known duration on repeated previous experience, at an individual and collective level, examined adherence to teams concerned. Principally apportioned speaking time & order throughout the duration of the meeting.

§  Ensured team members only worked on one task at a time, and continued to completion, protected the plan once agreed – not adding more or preclude mid-duration unless absolutely necessary. Judged case, held power to veto any decision.

§  Planned gaps between sprints to ease the pressure and allowed the team to recover before starting again.

§  Managed 5-7 team members of different skills within STEM, allowed team members to decide for themselves and commit voluntarily. Led the team, and performed different roles in coordination without obvious leadership.

§  Affirmed hard deadlines. Discussed recommendations. Focused and motivated the team, ensured overall timely delivery.

§  Tracked backlogs. Tasks reviewed and re-prioritised. Sub-divided larger tasks into manageable tasks. This enhanced likelihood of completion, and enabled agility in response to change, delivered at pace.

§  Iterations at short bursts of development activity with a fixed duration of a day, up to a maximum of one month. Each iteration controlled to last a consistent length of time, across the whole project. This provided project a sustainable rhythm and thus made it easier to plan. Activities often overlap and act to reinforce one another, to be effective.  

§  Incorporated learning and feedback. Result, incorporated new inputs and made changes with minimal disruption.
Increment resulted in a new version of the product, fit to take the market.

Industrial Liaison Projects

§  ARTIS – Tyre Wear Debris (UN Sustainable Development Goal: microplastic reduction); GSK – Denture Adhesive (Improved chemical composition); AVON – Armoured Vehicles (Crack propagation technology); Schlumberger – Pipe Freeing-Agents (Crustacean adhesion)

§  Project score: 80% -90% (average); Peer review score 88% (average)

Advanced Therapies Skills Training Network (ATSTN)

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS);
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

2020

§  COVID-19 Training Series: Pandemic Response Fundamentals

§  Change Management – Leadership Commitment Assessment Tool (LCAT), Organisational integrity assessment Tool (OIAT), Participant Commitment Assessment Tool(PCAT), AEM-Cube (help individuals and teams perform more effectively in managing and implementing change)

§  Agile Project Management; Conflict Resolution; Chairing a Disciplinary Hearing; Corporate Social Responsibility (strategy).

OpenLearn: Advanced Level Certificate

The Open University

2020

§  Leadership & Management Managing and managing people

§  Leadership & Management Perspective & practice

§  Education & Development Interplay between leading & learning

A Levels

John Leggott International College

2009-2012

§  Economics (B); Biology (C); Chemistry (C)

11 GCSEs

Sir John Nelthorpe

2006-2009

§  Dual Science (A* A*); Textiles (A*); Art (A*); Mathematics (A); English Literature (A); Business Studies (A)

Leadership Experience

Delegate

London International Model United Nations

2020

§  Diplomatically debated, emphasised conversation to move from why the change is needed, to potential solutions, to how to implement required changes. Situation called for global collaboration. Affirmed principal motions and points of order. Negotiated operative clauses. Resolution addressed all of the major points that were brought up in debate. Answered completely and politely. Yielded time to points of information addressed any concerns of opposing delegates; encouraged delegate it is in their country’s policy to vote in favor of my resolution; defended my resolution.

§  Concluded as primary sponsor and principal author of the position paper. Declared, two-thirds vote of the conference.

§  Received The Honourable Diplomacy Award.
Committee: International Labour Organisation (ILO) Protecting Labour Rights in a Technologically Changing Workplace.

Product Developer

NanoForce Technology Limited

2020

§  Acquired cross-functional skills required to complete the development. Autonomous and self-organising, empowered and accountably delivered releasable increments of the required product at the end of each agreed schedule.

§  Various roles: materials scientist, user experience analyst, engineer, tester. Recommended appropriate procedures and  methods of adjustment. Offered PhD.

§  Certification: Safe Management Lab Hazardous Waste; Labs Safety; Fire Safety; General Health Safety Induction.

Business Enterprise Mentee 

The Prince’s Trust

2018

§  Product specialist possessed deep understanding of customer needs and priorities.

§  Translated corporate, technical, and everyday language ensured common understanding & the smooth flow of information & ideas. Spanned boundaries between customer, the business and the project.

§  Liaised closely with the development team as the representative of the customer, ensured their needs are clearly understood and prioritised.

§  Acquired effective presence and clout to make critical business decisions. Partnerships with The Young Foundation, Step Forward Young People’s Charity, and QEnterprise.

Business Sponsor 

World Women in Real Estate / Great Britain

2017

§  Functional Director accountable for the business case, the on-going viability of the set-up, its ultimate success.

§  Decision making authority to remove blockers and made financial & human resources available to enable success.

§  Regular communication – communicated and prioritised the backlog of work continually reinforced a lean focus on delivering value and adapting to change.

§  Led the change management activity in the business. Built engagement & maximised benefits with partnerships such as Royal Institution Chartered Surveyors, British Property Federation and, RPC (Award-winning law firm).

Team Leader

3 Day Start-up

2015

§  Prepared vision statement aligned with corporate strategy; focused on goals & benefits. Mapped strategic plan.

§  Affirmed indicative timeframes for development estimated and prioritised by value. Defined when task is done, this motivated team to deliver on time. Created stability zones, enabled team members’ measure of control & certainty over work, as skills overlapped. Frequent delivery – delivered a working product as regularly as possible.

§  Project and release planning – provided up front milestone schedule for each iteration of the product viable to be put to use by customers, divided work into small releases in the plan for enabled flexibility.

§  Judged by Tower Hamlets Vice Principal of Student Enterprise & Public Engagement; Team recruited.

Group Representative   

Materials Society (QMUL)

2014

§  Objective observer and Advocate of 200 S.T.E.M students. Focused on how the work is done.

§  Led process of encouragement to reflect on what went well and what did not, and provided feedback and suggestion for improvement. Established reporting lines and handled conflict. Openly discussed areas needed improvement with areas of appraisal to improve on student learning; motivated peers & enforced study discipline.

Investment Banker

Water Rock Capital (Shanghai/London) / Internship

2014

§  Regular adaptation – regularly reflected on how to become more effective & adjusted behaviour accordingly.

§  Consistent good work ethics, built rapport with three managing directors, worked on varied projects inter-culturally.

§  Translated business practices across wider range of cultures, customs, laws, political systems and business practices. Promoted to lead on wealth management (time-frame of two weeks).

§  Measuring progress – work made visible and shared with all team members, reviewed openly in daily meetings.

Vice President

LGBT Society (QMUL)

2013

§  Led Strategic objective. Talked through any blockers, issues, or risks that limited progression or prevented from deliverance. Team Selection – Motivated  individuals with right skills is fundamental, with  the right attitude & drive.

§  Close co-operation – ensured team continually worked closely & collaboratively from the beginning to the end of the project, working to deliver it. This secured joint event with QMUL Muslim society in the spirit of co-determination to extend common solutions across societal operations, covered by collective agreements.

Pioneer

John Leggott College Poverty Alleviation /North Tanzania

2010

§  Delivered project presentation of accomplishments; foundational revamp included cement building, plastering and paint work for primary and secondary school classrooms.

§  Championed & raised awareness of school’s legacy of charitable contributions and future work. I was part of the first cohort to lead on a quest overseas (Team of 10 students and 2 teachers).

§  Led community engagement. Taught geography to 140 primary school pupils; volunteered support at the local orphanage.

§  Chosen to lead a cultural experience upon our stay with the Masai tribe; prepared breakfast with the Masai, & served our team and the Masai community upon sunrise.