Full name : Alan Woods
Address : 16, Cedar Way,
Basingstoke,
Hants,
RG23 8NG
Telephone No : Basingstoke (01256) 465748
Date of Birth : 8th August 1939 (age 57)
Place of Birth : Doncaster, Yorkshire.
Nationality : British
Religion : Church of England
Marital status : Single
Driving Licence: Current
Passport : Current British
Height : 5ft 9.5ins
Travel : Prepared to travel anywhere in the world.
1955 GCE 'O' Level
Maths, English Language History
1955 - 1960 Indentured Apprentice as Electrical Maintenance Engineer
with International Harvesters Ltd Wheatley Hall Road,
Doncaster
1955 - 1960 Doncaster Technical College
Part time day release and evening classes.
1958 ONC in Electrical Engineering
Endorsement in Heat, Light and Sound
1959 Endorsement in Applied Mechanics
1960 HNC in Electrical Engineering,
Endorsement in Thermodynamics
1963 - 1965 Watford College of Technology Evening classes
1964 HNC endorsement in Mathematics
HNC endorsement in Radio Communications
1965 HNC endorsement in Applied Electronics
Short course on digital circuit design
1975 GEC Staff Training College
Section Leaders Course
1983 Short course on Structured Software Design and Coding Techniques.
June 1996 - Present
Consultant Engineer
1979 - June 1996
Smiths Aerospace and Defence Systems Ltd
Winchester Road, Basingstoke, Hants.
1993 - June 1996
Section Leader controlling a small team of engineers responsible for research and new business. Responsibilities for research include generating research strategy and ideas, writing of research brochures for approval by MOD and control of approved work. Responsibilities for new business include marketing support in discussions with customers and generation of proposals.
1992 - 1993
Senior System Engineer responsible for developing system concept for a new engine control system being developed as a joint venture with an engine company.
1988 - 1992
Senior Project Engineer in New Products group controlling team of engineers responsible for all research within the group. Specifically responsible for developing the concept of a versatile FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Controller) and implementing the necessary research to achieve this.
1985 - 1988
Project Leader controlling team of Indian and British hardware and software engineers jointly developing a military digital engine control system. Specific responsibilities included initial brochure preparation,agreement with customer,regular progress meetings with customer,programme planning,work allocation and making technical decisions.
1983 - 1985
Senior Project Engineer in Special Projects Group controlling team of engineers responsible for all research within the branch. Also responsible for specifying new areas of research,producing brochures for submitting to the M.O.D.(including cost and timescale estimates),controlling work on approved brochures,progress meetings with M.O.D. and producing reports on work carried out.
1979 - 1983
Senior Engineer in Special Projects Group.
Responsible for implementation of various research
brochures including design of a number of Uncommitted
Logic Arrays currently in use in the company's products. Project leader on
design and implementation of a triplex digital engine control system for
investigation of fault tolerance and integrity.
1961-1979
Elliot Automation/M.E.C.S.L/GEC Computers, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, Herts.
1973 - 1979
Section Leader (Memories Section) controlling a team of engineers designing core and semi-conductor memories for use in commercial and military/avionics markets. Responsible for negotiations with customers and suppliers,program planning,overall technical design and implementation. In 1976 was promoted to Senior Section Leader.
Section Leader (Test Techniques Section) controlling team of engineers. The section was responsible for specifying the techniques to be used to ensure product testability and for specifying,designing and building computer controlled test equipment for production testing of the company's range of products.
1968 - 1970
Project Leader of 902 Computer controlling several other engineers. Responsible for implementation of 902 CPU, store, data routing units and teleprinter controller.
1961 - 1968
Junior then Senior Engineer working on the design and development of a variety of products. These included ground position indicators, digital computers, test equipment and core stores. Experience was also gained on type approval testing and in field investigations of design problems.
1955-1961
International Harvester Company, Wheatley Hall
Road, Doncaster.
Apprenticeship as stated then six months as electrical maintenance engineer.
A.M.I.E.E.
Home computing, Amateur electronics, Walking, Family history.