We recently engaged Kevin on a 6-month interim contract to lead and manage our Quality Team.

Kevin brought experience from differing industries and whilst he hadn’t worked directly within consumer electronics he soon got to grips with our requirements, translating those through our business processes and people with a quality engineering lens.

During his time with Vax, Kevin led, managed, and mentored the quality team, including realignment of roles and responsibilities and empowerment to facilitate autonomy and appropriate decision making. Kevin progressed our quality processes including as example our root cause analysis methods, using 8D reporting with emphasis on prioritisation of current issues.

Kevin worked to drive collaboration between the quality team and key stakeholders such as design and engineering with his knowledgeable, professional, and pragmatic approach.

David Winterbottom | President EMEA Floorcare Vax Limited

Kevin stepped in, stepped up and took control seamlessly – exactly what we needed from an interim manager.

I hired Kevin as an interim section head for our Engineering team early in 2017 while we took time to find a permanent replacement, and he has served us incredibly well in that role.

I was particularly impressed by Kevin’s ability to quickly get to grips with the complexities that surround our policies and procedures whilst at the same time handling even the most challenging of his team members with an open, honest and professional manner. Those are skills that generally take years to develop within technical “man-managers” and are not often routinely found together in one person, but seemed to come naturally to him. Indeed, not content with maintaining a status quo, he has challenged both his team and our processes to realise tangible improvements in productivity and efficiency.

If we found ourselves in a similar position in the future, I would certainly be contacting Kevin to see if he was available to step in, and I would certainly recommend him for similar roles – Kevin isn’t just a safe pair of hands, he strives for improvement and delivers professionally.

Paul Greenwood | Operations Director at United Kingdom Accreditation Services

Kevin performed an excellent job for us as an interim section manager. Kevin has a strong personnel management skillset and sound understanding of quality management in the engineering sector which is just what we needed!

Jeff Ruddle | Strategic Development Director at UKAS

I had the pleasure to learn from Kevin’s professional approach to delivering ISO44001 accreditation for the first time in ESUK.

He proved dedicated and determined to launch not only the process of ISO accreditation but to ensure that the company understood the responsibility to adhere to the collaborative actions and spirit of the standards.

I would recommend his skills and dilligence to any future companies seeking such accreditation.

Matt J P Murphy MA BSc psc(j) CMgr MCMI (QCVS) (ESUK)

Kevin made an immediate impact in the business as one would expect from an experienced interim manager. Kevin took firm control of his section and got all main performance indicators back on track very quickly.

Kevin clearly has a great breadth of experience in all areas of operational activity and this showed in the range of skills he bought to UKAS and his ability to grasp the key issues facing the section under his control within his first week with us.

I am confident that Kevin can achieve similar results across a wide spectrum of businesses and industries.

Paul Stennett | CEO (UKAS)

I have been fortunate to work with Kevin in a fast paced and challenging defence environment, where his experience and vast Quality Assurance skill set has added huge value across multiple projects.

Implementation of ISO 44001:2017 along with integration of the QMS, Kevin has excelled in creating a Quality culture that is adhered from senior management to shop floor operatives.

I would happily recommend his services to any industry, facing any Quality Assurance difficulties.

Michael Gosling CQI PCQI | Quality Manager (Defence Company)