Hello, and welcome...
I am a career technical specialist, qualified in Mechanical and product Systems Engineering, experienced in Medical Device and Automotive sectors. Multi-skilled, versatile, passionate about delivering high quality engineering and clear communications. With a proven ability to create successful design solutions. Motivated by technical challenges, learning new skills and using First Principles thinking to understand complex systems.
Barney Gerrard
CONSULTANT & FREELANCE ENGINEER
Phone:
+45 24 61 16 46
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Email:
Address:
Processive MedTech Development
Østerfælled Torv 3
2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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Date of Birth:
January 16th, 1971
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EXPERIENCE
06/18-01/20
Consultant
EPM Scientific
Onsite with Heart-Lung Machine OEM, Munich (DE​)
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Principal member of MDR Remediation team
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Responsible for creating Design Input/Requirements documentation and traceability
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Responsible for System Architecture structure and documentation
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Various specialist studies for remediation effort and R&D
04/17-02/18
European Operations Lead
iO Life Science GmbH
Medical Device development partner, Munich (DE)
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Business building activities, development of customer and supplier network
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Responsibility for management, Systems Engineering and Design Controls for client projects based in EU
01/16-08/16
Chief Engineer
Valcon Design
Mechanical engineering consultancy, Copenhagen (DK)
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Consulting and training clients in robust design (Design for Manufacture, tolerance calculations etc.)
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System simulation and analysis; FEA, MBS, 3D tolerance calculations, statistical modelling
2011-2015
Senior Specialist
Radiometer Medical ApS
Medical Device OEM, Copenhagen (DK)
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Responsibility for Design Controls and DHF documentation for Class II medical device project
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Product architect and Systems Engineering champion with focus on platforming strategy
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Leader of specialist team to improve product development processes within regulatory framework
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Led activities to select and implement a Requirements Management Tool (PTC Integrity)
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Working within a Lean with Scrum framework (Danaher Business System)
2005-2011
Independent consultant
Engineering consulting, Copenhagen (DK)
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Design studies, troubleshooting and consulting in chassis (suspension) systems
2000-2005
Senior Engineer
Magneti Marelli SpA
Automotive Tier 1 Chassis supplier, Torino (IT)
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Leader of specialist team developing advanced suspension concepts from idea to demonstrator vehicle
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Activities including patent applications, project planning, supervision of CAD, simulation and test work
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Development and publication of design methodologies for suspension systems
1995-2000
Project Leader/Engineer
Randle Engineering Solutions Ltd
Automotive Chassis consulting, Warwick (UK)
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Leading and executing vehicle dynamics and suspension system design and troubleshooting projects
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Technical activities including CAD, MBS, FEA, test-track development work for many automotive OEM
1993-1994
Chassis Simulation Engineer
Jaguar Cars Ltd
Automotive OEM, Coventry (UK)
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Simulation and analysis of chassis components; FEA (static, modal, non-linear) and MBS (ADAMS)
1988-1991
Student Engineer
Ford (Europe)
Automotive OEM, various locations in UK
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Product engineering apprenticeship programme, six internships of 3 months in various departments
EDUCATION
1992-1993
Master's Degree
DURHAM UNIVERSITY, UK
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Self-initiated research programme, funded by Ford
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Thesis: "Optimisation of Ventilated Brake Disc Design"
1989-1992
Bachelor's Degree
DURHAM UNIVERSITY, UK
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Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
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1st Class Honours
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IMechE Final Year Project prize
1981-1988
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BOLTON SCHOOL, UK
SKILLS
CAD + DMU
PTC Creo/ProEngineer (10+ yrs)
Programming
VBA, FORTRAN, Java
Requirements Management
PTC Integrity (formerly MKS)
Siemens Polarion
MS Word & Excel :-)
CAE & Simulation
FEA: Creo Mechanica, Nastran, ABAQUS
MBS: ADAMS, Creo Multi-body Dyanmics, MapleSim
Systems modelling: MapleSim
Mathematics: MapleSim, Maple
Languages
English (native)
Italian (C1 proficient)
Danish(C1 proficient)
German (B2 intermediate)