Mark Howard

Mark Howard

PhD, MBA, Experienced Project Manager, Certified Personal Fitness Trainer And Internet Entrepreneur

Location
Valencia Area, Spain
Industry
Automotive

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Educación
  • European Institute Fitness
  • Cranfield University
  • University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
  • IMechE/IChemE consortium
  • University of Hertfordshire

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Extracto de Mark Howard

My name is Mark and I am an experienced Engineering Project Manager (specialising in product and process innovation) and a part time Certified Personal Fitness Trainer and internet entrepreneur.

In the last 25 years I have been employed in a number of blue chip automotive corporations including Jaguar Land Rover (UK), the Ford Motor Company (Germany) and the Volvo Car Corporation (Sweden) where I was a corporate technical specialist in Body CAE and Body Technologies. In my last role I was a CAE project manager (for China and Spain) at the engineering services company IDIADA (Barcelona, Spain).

Some of my qualifications include an engineering PhD from Cranfield University and an MBA from Warwick Business School. I am also a certified personal trainer from the European Institute of Fitness.

In my leisure time I research fitness and wellness and empower my personal training clients to achieve their fitness and wellness goals both face to face and through my internet websites and social networks.

Especialidades

Project management, product innovation, process innovation, finite element analysis (FEA), injury biomechanics, computer aided engineering (CAE), passive safety, LSDYNA, PAMCRASH, RADIOSS, ANSA, HYPERMESH, META, T/HIS, D3PLOT, MICROSOFT OFFICE (e.g. POWERPOINT, WORD), self development, personal training, injury rehabilitation, natural wellness and fitness research, internet marketing, affiliate marketing, search engine optimisation (SEO), presentation skills, UK, China, Sweden, Germany, Spain.

Experiencia de Mark Howard

Actively Researching And Seeking My Next Role

None

December 2011 – Present (3 months) Ontinyent, Spain

Project Manager Passive Safety CAE (6 month contract)

Applus IDIADA (Barcelona, Spain and Shanghai, China)

Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Automotive industry

June 2011 – November 2011 (6 months) Barcelona Area, Spain

Role: technical lead (testing/CAE) of client projects to ensure objectives are met on time and within budget.
Hands on experience and training with ANSA, META, LSDYNA and PAMCRASH on client projects (e.g. RCAR at SEAT). Techical consultancy at the GEELY research and development centre in Hangzhou on the London taxi cab. Achieved all green (pass) EuroNcap pedestrian safety bumper CAE predictions.

Certified Personal Trainer And Internet Entrepreneur

TAMAR Fitness Wellness (Gandia, Spain) (Autónomo)

Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry

January 2007 – June 2011 (4 years 6 months) Gandia, Spain

Certified Personal Trainer
Role: to become qualified as a certified personal trainer and establish a personal training business.

Business Entrepreneur
Role: to set up a fitness and wellness centre.

Affiliate Internet Marketing
Role: to create and develop 8 search engine optimised (SEO) content based fitness and wellness affiliate marketing websites and my own range of e products.

Team Leader (Technical Specialist LL6) CAE Methods Development

Ford Motor Company (Ford Forschungszentrum Aachen, Germany)

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; F; Automotive industry

September 2003 – December 2005 (2 years 4 months) Kreisfreie Stadt Aachen Area, Germany

Title: Team Leader (Technical Specialist)
Role: to lead a high profile management team to solve a major BIW warranty problem with design and material process changes in the engineering office, suppliers and international manufacturing plants.
Invited to lead a multi-discipline team of 10 technical managers to solve a major warranty problem. Chaired weekly meetings to guide them through a proprietary problem solving method (G8D), organised, prioritised and negotiated short term (fast) and long term (robust) solutions to effectively focus limited resources.
Supported the team (e.g. resolved disputes, achieved consensus) and management (e.g. the plant director).
Short term solutions were implemented to eliminate all new car symptoms within 3 weeks at a cost saving of 450,000 Euro per day. Initiated long term solutions with targets based on documented lessons learned.

Title: Project Manager (Technical Specialist)
Role: to lead and inspire the development and implementation of worldwide, innovative CAE (RADIOSS, LSDYNA, Hypermesh) BIW joining processes (weldbonding, structural crash adhesives) within budget and on time.
Identified corporate CAE requirements from different departments. Developed a corporate expertise in an unfamiliar area, documented existing knowledge and achieved project go ahead at a corporate level.
Created unique material (adhesive) test verification methods, led a team of six experts to benchmark state of the art CAE methods, created an improved contact failure method and managed the development of an advanced material model in a German consultancy (using a similar approach to my previous role).
Drove the implementation of innovative processes on time and within a reduced budget into two vehicle programs. Negotiated the inclusion of the modelling method into the commercial code RADIOSS at no cost.

Implementation Manager (Technical Specialist LL6) CAE And Product Technology

Volvo Car Corporation (Volvo Safety Centre, Sweden)

Privately Held; 10,001+ employees; Automotive industry

February 2002 – September 2003 (1 year 8 months) Gothenburg, Sweden

Role: to develop the Volvo Safety Centre into a worldwide centre of excellence for pedestrian safety by transferring and implementing industry first CAE (RADIOSS, LSDYNA) design processes, vehicle body technologies and knowledge (including my PhD research and 11 body hardware system patents).
Invited by the director of the Volvo safety centre to lead a multi-disciplined team of 12 company experts, chair cross brand best practice workshops, and communicate the technical aspects and benefits of the new CAE processes and technologies (e.g. bumper, hood, headlamps) we developed to all hierarchical levels.
Implemented 80% of the CAE design processes and 50% of the technologies (e.g. V50), 6 months ahead of schedule. My projects and knowledge helped to establish a pedestrian safety centre of excellence.

Project Manager (Technical Specialist LL6) CAE And Product Technology

Ford Motor Company (Ford Forschungszentrum Aachen, Germany)

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; F; Automotive industry

January 1996 – February 2002 (6 years 2 months) Kreisfreie Stadt Aachen Area, Germany

Role 1: to develop, market (internally/externally) and implement industry first CAE design processes (RADIOSS, LSDYNA, D3PLOT, T/HIS, biomechanical models, DoE, design optimisation) and vehicle technologies for pedestrian safety.
Led and coached a multidisciplinary team of 8 contractors to engineer and test two unique, CAE process and vehicle technology prototypes. Presented a challenging pedestrian safety project vision with a timescale of just 18 months and achieved director and key stakeholder support for a 250,000 Euro budget. Completed the program on time and within budget. Verified innovative CAE processes and quantified pedestrian safety technology benefits.
The CAE processes were adopted in corporate standards and there was extensive publicity (e.g. national German TV channel Pro 7 and demonstrated to UK transport minister). Enabled the robust introduction of innovative vehicle technologies across the corporation

Role 2: to create corporate CAE design processes and vehicle body technologies for pedestrian safety. Invited by the director of Ford research Europe to establish a pedestrian protection team in a new centre of research excellence in Germany.
Presented a corporate 10 year vision to create unique real world CAE design processes (e.g. pedestrian humanoids) and vehicle technologies to exceed legislative requirements. Represented the corporation in a European pedestrian safety group (EUCAR) to develop a parallel project looking at CAE models for the standard legislation requirements (impactors).
Negotiated corporate support and German government funding for a 1,600,000 Euro budget. Led 9 experts in English/German universities. The development of CAE processes/vehicle technologies within my PhD.
Delivered CAE models of the legislation tests (LSDYNA, RADIOSS) for vehicle programs. Created industry first humanoid models of real world pedestrian accidents. The program was completed on time/within budget.

Project Engineer (CAE And Body Technolgy)

Jaguar Land Rover

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; Automotive industry

September 1987 – December 1995 (8 years 4 months) Coventry, United Kingdom

Title: Project Engineer, Body Engineering Design Verification CAE And Testing
Role: as a member of vehicle program teams, to undertake CAE (e.g. LSDYNA, RADIOSS, Nastran, Abaqus, MASTER SERIES, Hypermesh, Animator) of BIW designs in standard and unique load cases.
Evaluated/solved design problems using static CAE (e.g. Nastran hood stiffness) and non linear dynamic CAE (e.g. rear impact) methods. Created the first corporate pedestrian legislation CAE models (e.g. leg, hip).

Title: Senior Engineer, Advanced Body Technologies And Materials
Role: project management and the evaluation of new car body technologies and processes.
e.g. Aluminium BIW (now in production), modular doors (polyurethane and steel) and sound deadened steel (including manufacturing/testing 10 cars). The first pedestrian research in the company (before EuroNCap).

Title: Test Engineer, Body Component Design Verification Testing
Role: designed/built/operated test rigs with force/vibration/temperature/humidity quality and warranty tests.
Set up a vibration control group and commissioned a company first computer controlled vibration test facility.

Title: Apprentice.
Role: apprenticeship in Vehicle Dynamics, NVH, Design Office, Production Engineering, Engine Testing.

Idiomas de Mark Howard

  • German

    (Limited working proficiency)

  • Spanish

    (Elementary proficiency)

  • English

    (Native or bilingual proficiency)

Educación de Mark Howard

European Institute Fitness

Certificates 3 and 4, Certified Personal Trainer

2007 – 2007

Cranfield University

PhD., CAE (non linear), Body Technologies And Injury Biomechanics

1998 – 2003

LSDYNA3D, D3PLOT, T/HIS, Animator, Hypermesh

University of Warwick - Warwick Business School

MBA, Business Studies

1996 – 1999

Thesis: The management of product and process innovation.

IMechE/IChemE consortium

DipEM, Engineering Management

1992 – 1995

University of Hertfordshire

BEng., Mechanical Engineering (Automotive)

1983 – 1987

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Intereses:

life coaching,self development,fitness,wellness,personal training,operación bikini,workout routines,weight training,the emotion code,costa blanca,weight management,holistic detox,natural remedies and cures,website design,search engine optimisation,article writing,mountain biking,digital photography,graphic design,photoshop

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Reconocimientos y premios:

Patents - 11 car safety technologies.
Publications - 26 technical/press/TV articles, member of the editorial board of the Journal of Automobile Engineering (1998 - 2001). Almost 40 eZine fitness and wellness articles in 2010.
Awards - Ford technical achievement nominee (1992 and 2002).

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