Date of Birth: 28th July 1963 (aged 47)
Status: Married, one child.
Telephone: +44 2392
369777, +44 7879 81
3099 (Mobile)
Email:
ra@richandrews.co.uk
“Yachting Professional / Quality
Assurance Engineer / Yacht Management / Electronics Fault Diagnosis & Rectification / Sales & Marketing.”
Currently
On Sabbatical aboard the family yacht "Wild Bird". Ten years in the planning and saving, we're now living the dream. Plans altered when daughter Elizabeth came along, so now aiming to finish in September 2012 in order to get "Libby" home for school. By then we hope to have cruised east to Marmaris Turkey, then west to Florida, then back to Portsmouth in the Autumn of 2012.
Nov 05 – Mar 10
Quality
Assurance Engineer, Raymarine.
Planning and implementing the qualification of new product including “Multifunction
Displays” and VHF radios. Authoring and implementing test plans and schedules, collection of performance data and reporting to senior management. Leading local and offshore teams with a “we care”
ethos I’m proud to have delivered in most timely fashion.
Oct
04 – Nov 05
Technical
Sales Support, Oceanair
Marine. Responsible for: Technical product training for staff and distributors;
authoring technical documents; technical after-sales support for customers and
distributors; website authoring and maintenance; marketing activities such as
boat show stand logistics; manning and VOC
Nov 02– Feb 04
Captain s/y “Lady
K”. We joined this new
"Bill Tripp" 24 metre cruiser racer before she left the factory. This
"state of the art" ketch was launched from Marten Yachts in
Jul 02–Oct 02
Captain s/y
"Cyrano de Bergerac”, the 23 metre Jongert. Employed with my wife,
Penny for the owner’s final season. Tasked with
completing refit, delivery from
Mar
01–Aug 01
First Mate on m/y
"Fair Lady”, the 37 metre classic motor yacht. Assisting in the running
and maintenance (and polishing!) of the yacht. As the unofficial electronics
specialist on board, I carried out some charter-saving fault analysis and
repair.
Jan
01–Mar 01
Full time study at the
Sep
00–Nov 00
Engaged as Engineer aboard s/y “Mirabella C”, the
131ft Bruce Farr sloop, during which time there were two charters and an
Atlantic crossing. This was a temporary appointment while the regular engineer
took leave.
Nov
93-Sep 97
Began working for Sunsail in Greece;
engineering during winter then instructing, delivery skippering, training and
charter skippering during the year. Whilst with Sunsail I undertook many refits and lengthy sea trials, as well as
delivering quality sailing holidays.
Mar
93-Nov 93
Sales team leader at
the Carphone Warehouse. Responsible for a telesales team
selling mobile phones to the hapless public.
Mar
92-Mar 93
Selling data services for US Sprint;
installation and customer training, fault analysis and repairs.
Nov
91-Mar 92
A “gap” period – included travel and working
with disabled skiers
Dec
88-Nov 91
Forecast analyst
with Mercury Communications; Key
activities were the setting up and maintenance of the forecasting model and reporting
to the board with results and analysis.
Sep 83-Dec 88
Networks Planning Manager with British
Telecom International. Taking traffic forecasts from the established model
and agreeing network growth with overseas counterparts. Presenting
monthly reports and data analysis to board-level meetings.
Outside Interests.
I enjoy diving, skiing, flying, tennis, music and entertaining with the guitar
– and raising our 2 year old daughter.
Educational Qualifications
2006
Foundation Certificate in Software Testing – Information Systems
Examining Board 2001 MCA Class
IV deck officer (yachts)
2001 RYA Yachtmaster Ocean
2000 RYA power boat
1994 Yachtmaster Offshore,
(Commercial)
1986 ONC Electronics/Telecoms
1979 GCE 'O' levels: English
Maths Physics Chemistry Biology French