Our team of consultants have a wide range of skills and experience deriving from their diverse professional backgrounds including manufacturing, auditing, ICT and service sectors. Our highly skilled and qualified team are passionate about continual improvement through the implementation of value added solutions. The pursuit of excellence is a key theme for TPT as all our consultants are EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) assessors and voluntarily support the Wales Quality Awards as assessors and team leaders on an annual basis.
We are an experienced team with a proven track record within highly competitive manufacturing sectors including Aerospace, Defence, Automotive and Rail.
Tom Townsend – Principal Consultant
Over 40 years experience in the manufacturing sector and has been consulting for over 18 years with extensive experience in the automotive sector and in recent years within the rail, aerospace and defence sectors.
- BA Statistics (Open University)
- EFQM Assessor
- Team Leader and Assessor supporting the Wales Quality Awards
- A|D|S Business Excellence Lead Practitioner for the SC21 Programme
- A|D|S Manufacturing Excellence Lead Practitioner for the SC21 Programme
- Specialist in Lean Tool & Techniques e.g Visual Management, Kaizen, 5S and Value Stream Mapping etc.
- Member of the Chartered Quality Institute
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Leigh Rogers – Senior Consultant
An experienced professional with a proven track record within highly competitive manufacturing sectors such as aerospace, defence, automotive and rail.
- IAQG ASD Evaluator and a practising AATT Lead Auditor
- EFQM Assessor
- Team Leader and Assessor supporting the Wales Quality Awards
- A|D|S Business Excellence Lead Practitioner for the SC21 Programme
- A|D|S Manufacturing Excellence Lead Practitioner for the SC21 Programme
- IRCA Registered ISO9001:2008, AS9100/9110/9120 Lead Auditor
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Gary Miller – Consultant
Over 40 years hands on experience of Manufacturing and Quality functions from shop floor to Technical Director within the automotive industry. Wide range of industry knowledge achieved by working with the supply chains of some of the major OEMs and Tier 1 Customers i.e. General Motors, GKN, Dana Spicer.
- EFQM Assessor
- IAQG ASD Evaluator and a practising AATT Lead Auditor
- Specialist in SPC (Statistical Process Control) and Lean Tools and Techniques e.g. 5S, Visual Management, 7 Wastes etc.
- Six Sigma Black Belt
- Extensive experience in Change Management Programmes using Six Sigma, Kaizen and SPC etc.
- Lead Assessor Quality Management Systems
- Expert in developing, implementing and sustaining quality systems (BS EN ISO9001:2008/TS16949/IRIS)
- Assessor supporting the Wales Quality Awards
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Rob Price – Consultant
Over 30 years experience within the manufacturing and service sectors including 13 years as a senior manager. Knowledge and skills in strategic management practice, programme and project management and the implementation of manufacturing systems including lean tools and techniques.
- EFQM Assessor
- MBA Strategic Management
- Programme/Project managed several high value MIS projects
- Highly skilled at the development and initiation of business strategy
- Specialist in the design and delivery of management and lean training programmes at all business levels (e.g. 5S, SMED and Visual Management)
- Prince2 Project Management
- D32, D33 Assessor Award
- NVQ Business Improvement Techniques Assessor
- Assessor supporting the Wales Quality Awards
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Sarah Townsend – Sales & Marketing
Sarah has been working with TPT for 3 years and has brought a fresh impetus to the business. She is responsible for the administration at TPT including co-ordination of training activities, events and invoicing. Sarah maintains our CRM database and has contributed to the design of our website.
- EFQM Assessor
- BSc Business Management 2.1 (Cardiff University)
- A|D|S Business Excellence Lead Practitioner for the SC21 Programme
- Team Leader supporting the Wales Quality Awards
- EFQM Submission Preparation Expert
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Matthew Townsend – IT Specialist
Matthew has recently joined TPT to develop both our internal and external IT capability. Matthew is responsible for the maintenance of our servers and SharePoint platform, which enables us to communicate effectively as a business. Matthew has also designed and developed our website to make it more user friendly and interactive. He spends much of his time developing bespoke databases to meet customer requirements.
- BSc Computer Science 2.1 (Cardiff University)
- Design and development of Databases including, quote log database, training database, OEE database etc.
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