Roderick Wilson
Ava Group CTO and General Manager Gjd Manufacturing Ltd @Ava Group
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WORK HISTORY
Ava Group CTO and General Manager Gjd Manufacturing Ltd @Ava Group
Great Malvern, GB
EDUCATION
The University of Manchester
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics
SKILLS
ABOUT RODERICK WILSON
Rod has recently joined The AVA Group as Group CTO and General Manager for GJD Manufacturing Ltd.For the previous 4 years Rod was CTO at Metrasens Ltd and for 2 years before that had been a Senior Executive on the management board at Gulmay Ltd. Previous to this he was at Trolex Ltd and the Vice President of Product Management (Management Board) for Smiths Detection and had worked for Smiths Detection for 20 years.In 4 years at Metrasens Rod gave new focus, drive and direction to their product development activities. He further developed the Product and Technolog team, recruiting new talent and developing the existing talent. Major Achievements• Leader of Product Development project from concept, through development to commercial success and then the Queens award for Enterprise in Innovation.• Developed a 5 year strategic vision for business growth through product development and launch into global markets • Created a new product line and technology that generated additional revenues of £300 million (at gross margins >50%) in 10 years • Created and implemented process for a new global Product Management team following a major re-organisation.• Achieved leading market share globally through product innovation, customer needs analysis, and strong technical support to business development Lead the team which successfully captured the major US technology supply programme in the sector.
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