This individual has over 20 years of experience in renewable energy and engineering. They are currently a Senior Project Manager with expertise in product development, operations management, and strategic partnerships. Previous roles include Wind Turbine Product Manager, Technical Director of a renewable energy company, and various engineering roles. They bring leadership, innovation, and commercial management skills to the renewable energy sector.

1. Summary
A dynamic Senior Manager, with a proven track record in General
Management, Operations and Product development. Expertise in multiple
renewable energy technologies, with over 20 years engineering experience.
Bringing a strong strategic perspective with emphasis on delivery of
objectives, operations and partnerships at top level in the competitive
Renewable Energy sector.
Key Competencies
Innovation, product development and technology management.
Leveraging 20 years of engineering experience and knowledge.
Commercial management, in both SME and mid‐cap contexts.
Work History
2011 -
Present
Wind Turbine Product Manager
Kingspan Environmental Ltd
An influential role covering a variety of product development and
commercial management functions, responsible for leading the
research, design, development team. This involves managing multiple
capital intensive product development programs and deploying the
resulting assets to global operations and having wide exposure to tier 1
customers, suppliers and executive management.
Responsibilities
Lead product development team consisting of mechanical &
electrical design engineers, structural engineers, manufacturing
engineers across multiple sites, encompassing idea generation,
screening, concept testing, business & financial analysis, product &
process development. Providing technical support activities to the
relevant departments such as procurement, finance and production.
Capex management – full assessment and development of new
product Capex prior to submission including clear understanding of
all detail on business case, development, testing and approval costs,
Manufacturing equipment costs and timeline with commercial,
procurement, operations, and other cross-functional inputs.
Cost down – identify, develop and implement product cost down
opportunities through product design, rationalisation or
procurement.
Testing, qualification, and IEC certification – obtaining necessary
product approvals for required markets globally.
Knowledge Management - ensure robust and effective Product Data
Management (PDM) system implemented across departments
encompassing BOMs, Drawings, Engineering Change Notes and
Part Approvals for all current and new products.
IP - manage filing of patents and other intellectual property and
ensure relevant NDA's are in place.
Key Achievements
Design, development, and deployment of a revolutionary
ducted turbine technology platform - £1M project.
Key role in the commercial analysis and due diligence during the
acquisition of Proven Energy Ltd £2M.
Managed development of multiple wind turbine platforms through to
product launch - £1.5M project.
Development of dedicated hybrid power systems for the
telecommunications industry for global distribution.
BRIAN ASH
Senior Project Manager
Northern Ireland
brian.ash66@yahoo.com
+44 (0)7725040471
Professional Training
Renewable Energy
Submarine Drive Systems
Gas and Pressure Vessel Systems
Satellite Communications
Radio Systems
Radar Systems
Autopilot Systems
GMDSS Radio Officer
Sub-sea High Voltage AC/ DC
connections
Skills
Excellent leadership, networking and
communication skills
Management, Training and motivational
skills
Problem solving, trouble shooting and
analytical skills
Project / Change Management
Education 1990 - 1993
Blackpool and the Fylde College
HNC in Marine Electronic
Engineering
ONC in Marine Communications

2. 2006 - 2011 Technical Director
Cell Energy Ireland Ltd
Responsible for the strategic vision, planning and direction of the
company in the UK and Ireland specialising in wind turbines and
photovoltaic systems for the commercial market. Negotiating at senior
level clients and suppliers. Managing multiple projects and
troubleshooting technical systems both during the design stage
through to the final commissioning of the project. Whilst training,
mentoring and motivating staff to ensure performance and quality
standards were maintained.
Key Achievements
£3M project: Deployment of multiple medium scale wind turbines
across Ireland & UK.
Managed complex planning applications across multiple sites
throughout Ireland and the UK.
Completed numerous gird connection applications with multiple
DNO's.
€300K project: Successfully negotiated a fully integrated renewable
education facility in Ireland.
1997 - 2006 Senior Engineer
Marine Technologies S.L
Experience in Subsea Mechanical/Electrical Engineering and Subsea
Equipment Design and Control Systems.
Project managed multiple refits of 100 ton tourist class submarines
Gained extensive expertise in hands on installations of marine
electronic equipment across the commercial shipping industry.
Managed Class certification for numerous vessels, BV, DNV, Lloyds
Consistently ensured staff provided the highest standards of service
and training
1993 - 1997 Marine Electronics Engineer
GEC Marconi
Land based Radio Officer, providing technical support and
installations for the commercial shipping industry
Entrusted as key surveyor for DOT, DNV, BV and MSA certifications
Proved highly adept at managing installations of marine electronic
systems to the commercial shipping and offshore industry
Consistently managed difficult/complex repairs of defective
components efficiently.
1988 - 1990 Computer Systems Technician/Quality Assurance Inspector
Digitech 90/ NEC Technologies
Member of technical support team entrusted with front line
evaluation of computer systems
Successfully evaluated system requirements to calculate the
predicted cost of specific jobs
Consistently ensured satisfactory validation and testing of a range
of computer equipment
Successfully tracked failures and resolved all technical issues
quickly and effectively.