Gordon McLeod
Chief Engineer @Leonardo
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WORK HISTORY
Chief Engineer @Leonardo
City Of Bristol, GB
Engineering Lead for a large service-based military training transformation project.• Develop customer demonstrations of key technology elements• Support the commercial team with cost and resource modelling to support tendering• Solution Architect oversight - coherent architecture model defining all aspects of the solution.• Balance workshare between partners to maximize strengths and ensure project success.
EDUCATION
University of Strathclyde
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Hons, Computer Science and Microprocessor Systems
University of Strathclyde
Master of Business Administration (MBA), New Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship
SKILLS
ABOUT GORDON MCLEOD
5 years leading small algorithm development teams to create voice based features for tier 1 smartphones. Following on from 27 years of experience developing and managing mixed-signal semiconductor design and test of high volume consumer products.Responsibility for- Hiring and Developing a cross functional team of domain experts across 4 time-zones- Leading development of machine learning based voice solutions from scratch in Matlab and Python- Procurement, evaluation and wrangling of data assets to meet training and verification needs- Capturing and negotiating customer requirements, run and review architecture studies- Coaching the team to achieve their best results while ensuring that they stay aligned with business needs- Sub-block review workflow from ideas (fail fast) to tested algorithms (Gerrit)- Instilling scientific method - maximise team learning rate through carefully designed/reviewed experiments- Knowledge management by curating a Confluence based intranet HUB to build collaboration- Organisation of work into Agile sprints using Tracker/Jira tracking progress to overall objectives- Identification of key indicators and test-sets for automated result reporting to key stakeholders - Managing risk: Exploring plan B feasibility for areas where there is a high risk of not meeting performance or schedule- 3 patents pending
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