Dr Arnab Basu, CEO, has a PhD in Physics from Durham University, specialising in semiconducting sensor materials. Dr Basu held senior management positions in his family business, which manufactured materials for the electronic industry. The business served over 250 customers in India, including Siemens, GEC and most of the major telecommunications and consumer electronics manufacturers. He has also worked for Elmwood Sensors Ltd, part of the Honeywell Group, in the UK where he was involved in commercial product development
Mr Derek Collins, Operations Director, has 25 years experience in Manufacturing Operations and Engineering within the semiconductor industry. He has held senior engineering and operations roles in Motorola, Siemens, NEC and Digital Equipment. He has significant experience in operations start-up from green field sites and managing the growth of the operations to high volume maturity. He is an experienced leader with a proven track record in managing change in organisations and leading international multi-site projects to deliver the required business results. He has an MBA from Edinburgh University and is a qualified practitioner in Lean-Sigma methodologies.
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Mr Nigel Day, Commercial Director has over 30 years experience as a commercial and business director in high performance instruments with a background predominantly in the defence and security instrumentation sector. He worked with the Ministry of Defence in Procurement roles before moving to senior management positions with Racal Radar Defence Systems and Lockheed Martin Solartron, before joining Graseby Dynamics (subsequently Smiths Detection Watford) as Commercial Director. He was promoted to Managing Director with responsibility for all Smiths Detection’s military sales other than North America.
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Mr Ian Radley, Chief Technical Officer, has a BSc in Applied Physics and Chemistry from Durham University. He has nearly 30 years experience in scientific instrumentation and has spent the last twenty years in technology and operations management. His background includes thermal imaging sensors, superconducting magnet systems, x-ray tubes, x-ray detectors and x-ray optics. He has spent 11 of the last 14 years in the USA as operations director for Oxford Instruments X-ray Technology Group and as director of advanced product development for X-ray Optical Systems (XOS Inc.).
Mr Derek Collins, Operations Director, has 25 years experience in Manufacturing Operations and Engineering within the semiconductor industry. He has held senior engineering and operations roles in Motorola, Siemens, NEC and Digital Equipment. He has significant experience in operations start-up from green field sites and managing the growth of the operations to high volume maturity. He is an experienced leader with a proven track record in managing change in organisations and leading international multi-site projects to deliver the required business results. He has an MBA from Edinburgh University and is a qualified practitioner in Lean-Sigma methodologies.
Mr Nigel Day, Commercial Director has over 30 years experience as a commercial and business director in high performance instruments with a background predominantly in the defence and security instrumentation sector. He worked with the Ministry of Defence in Procurement roles before moving to senior management positions with Racal Radar Defence Systems and Lockheed Martin Solartron, before joining Graseby Dynamics (subsequently Smiths Detection Watford) as Commercial Director. He was promoted to Managing Director with responsibility for all Smiths Detection’s military sales other than North America.
Mr Ian Radley, Chief Technical Officer, has a BSc in Applied Physics and Chemistry from Durham University. He has nearly 30 years experience in scientific instrumentation and has spent the last twenty years in technology and operations management. His background includes thermal imaging sensors, superconducting magnet systems, x-ray tubes, x-ray detectors and x-ray optics. He has spent 11 of the last 14 years in the USA as operations director for Oxford Instruments X-ray Technology Group and as director of advanced product development for X-ray Optical Systems (XOS Inc.).
