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Dr John McAleese
Personal details Back to top
- Photo
- Title
- Dr
- Forname
- John
- Surname
- McAleese
- Gender
- Male
- Date record last updated
- Monday 14 March 2011
Contact information Back to top
- Regions prepared to work:
- East of England; London; Midlands; North West; Scotland and Northern Ireland; South East; South West and Wales; Yorkshire and North East; International
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 7989 159489
- E-mail:
- mcaleese001@hotmail.co.uk
Reference one Back to top
- Title:
- Prof
- Name:
- Kypros
- Surname:
- Pilakoutas
- Job title:
- Professor of Construction Innovation
- Intitution:
- University of Sheffield
- Contact method:
- k.pilakoutas@sheffield.ac.uk / 0114 222 5065
Reference two Back to top
- Title:
- Mr
- Name:
- Eric
- Surname:
- Walker
- Job title:
- Managing Director
- Intitution:
- Walkers Intellectual Properties
- Contact method:
- walkers70@btinternet.com / 0114 2875231
Experience Back to top
- Job title:
- Freelance Consultant
- Current institution:
- Self-employed
- CV
- Download file
- Relevant qualifications:
- PhD Pure and Applied Chemistry Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (20 years) Research Fellow of Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine
- Personal profile:
- An experienced Senior Project Manager/Business Consultant, John McAleese has been proactively engaging businesses and individuals in technology transfer, training and assisting client development in the areas of Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Innovation. A tenacious individual with strong interpersonal skills known to deliver targets through commitment and efficient working methods. He has a reputation for integrity, a good logical mind and as a person who frequently makes unique contributions to problem solving. Specific services include Technology Sourcing and Transfer, Product Development, Technology-Product RoadMapping Workshops, Business Plan Writing and Proposal Writing & Evaluation . Personal Development Training includes Effective Networking, Team Building and Communication Skills, Innovation and Creativity. His clients encompass everyone from individual entrepreneurs with unique business ideas to large blue chip companies.
- Biography:
- John McAleese’s career has spanned both the private and public sectors; academia, industry, business support and consultancy. A world of changing acronyms! After holding posts with Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine (Research Fellow), Structured Materials Inc. (Scientist), Compound Semiconductor Technologies Global (Senior Scientist) and Beta Technology Ltd (Consultant), he took the brave step of going freelance several years ago.
- Testimonial one:
- Perfectly measured, calm influence, hugely generous Fantastic, seemed quiet at first but his character came out and I think we all had a laugh and enjoyed ourselves Fantastic, he really brought everyone into discussions, he quickly picked up our team dynamic and had fun with it (I hope). Had some really useful tips and information Great! Very calm, dry, let us decide how to do things then maybe tell us after what went wrong. Get him back for future courses! GRADSchool – Windermere March 2005
- Testimonial two:
- Very professional, committed, hard working, skilled Enigmatic, challenging, enjoys fun, knowledgeable, focused Excellent, prefect balance of impact & listening. Made us work long days, good fun Local GRADSchool – Cambridge March 2007
- Testimonial three:
- John is an excellent tutor I think. Very soft, intelligent and interesting. Well done John Excellent! Really excellent. Went above and beyond the course expectations to give us ‘more’ and was very supportive Quiet and reflective. Funny and aware, Neutral – which is a GOOD thing GRADSchool – Windermere November 2007
- Audience:
- Postgraduate researchers
- Principal investigators
- Research staff
- Senior staff in HE
- Staff developers/trainers
- Supervisors
Specialist areas Back to top
- Type of work:
- Training delivery
- Training design and development
- Subject areas:
- Enterprise and entrepreneurship
- Knowledge transfer
- Project management
- Research methods
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Experience of delivering
Vitae programmes: - GRADschool Tutor
- How to be an effective researcher programme (PGR) - programme facilitator
Additional information Back to top
- Additional information:
- Materials Science Expertise - Thin Film Specialist Experience of both US (Small Business Innovation Research Awards) and European (Framework Programme) R&D Funding Schemes Published more than Twenty Five Scientific Papers including Feature Articles Sonsors and clients cover a diverse range and have included: British Telecom, BP Solar, Normalair Garrat, Ramtron, SONY, Ballistic Missile Defense Organisation, Microcom Training Ltd, Yorkshire Fund Managers (YFM), Yorkshire Forward, Sheffield University Enterprises Limited (SUEL), Coventry University Enterprises (CUE Ltd), The Manufacturing Institute (TMI), Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) and Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)