About the business
A mixture of electronic & mechanical engineers, consultants and marketing gurus, together we have over 150 years of combined experience. We've got the know-how when it comes to product improvement & manufacture.
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The designers & engineers:
Director
David Hawkins
Dave started his career as an electronics design engineer, working with military radios, and then torpedo design, at Marconi. Responsible for hardware design, then software design, and system design and sub-contract management. After some years, Dave moved into commercial roles, initially as project manager for a large MoD radio communications project, for Cray Defence, then onto product management at Roke Manor research. There he was responsible for developing and selling the very first digital radio (DAB) evaluation kits, followed by the first commercially available DAB modules, for use in the Hi Fi market.
After Roke, Dave moved to Radioscape, as VP Business Development, where he was responsible for specifying and launching the world’s first DAB/FM modules for consumer radios. This included setting up an office in Hong Kong to oversee the production, customisation and sales of the modules. Prior to starting Nekto, Dave was Sales and Marketing Director at ML Electronics, an electronics design and manufacturing business.
Design engineer
Chris Green
Chris has worked as a design engineer in the aerospace sector with QinetiQ and as a CNC Machinist with Siemens, before working with Chemring and Gresham Power to produce CAD models for prototypes and manufacture. Chris has extensive experience in producing drawing packs sets and documentation for manufacture, planning, process instructions (PIs), quality and HSE safety requirements, and works to find continuous improvement.
Chris is proficient in 2D & 3D CAD software, Solidworks, Inventor, Solid-edge, Fusion, AutoCAD 2014. He is taking an Open University course in Product Design and has achieved his HNC Mechanical Engineering & BTEC in Advanced CAD Design.
design Engineer
Connor Lascelles
Last year I worked at ML Electronics (now 4E Futures), a design consultancy in Salisbury, as part of my placement year for a Product Design degree at Bournemouth University. My 6 months in industry was an invaluable experience and the skills I attained will carry forward in my future work. Within my role I developed design skills using cost-effective manufacturing solutions, building designs on solidworks and prototyping using FDM and SLA 3D printers. From working within project teams I learnt the importance of cohesive collaboration between hardware, software and mechanical design.
Previously, I worked at Ted Baker HQ for 7 weeks, where I was involved in a range of professional creative operations and saw my work in advertising campaigns and in-store design. In comparison to consultancy work in a B2B company, Ted gave me the insight into designing for a B2C market.
Product marketing & creative communications
Lottie Hawkins
I recently moved into Bournemouth's newly launched co-working space called THIS Workspace and started my own digital marketing business specialising in B2B marketing & advertising. I have a background in the arts and digital strategy, my forte is the strategic planning and use of data in marketing.
Previously, I studied Molecular Biology at university where I became interested in sustainability and ethics. I moved to London where I did an internship within the commercial art world, and a post-grad qualification with Google in Digital Marketing & Leadership. I decided to follow this path and I now work closely with social enterprises and sustainable business'.