Qualifications:

Bachelor of Engineering with Honours - University of Liverpool Chartered Engineer
Masters in Business Management (Distinction) – Victoria University of Manchester
Postgraduate Diploma in Law (Commendation) - Manchester Metropolitan University
Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Commendation) - University of Staffordshire

Professional Societies:

Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology
Member of the Law Society

Professional Experience:

Steve has over 25 years engineering and commercial experience in the software and electronics industries and made the transition to qualify as a solicitor in 2006.  He began his career as an electronics design engineer with Ferranti where he progressed into system design and project management. He managed several projects of increasing complexity and was latterly appointed as programme manager with responsibility for a business unit.  He sat on several appeal panels as an independent arbitrator in 1990/91 when Ferranti made thousands of employees redundant and many appealed against selection.

After a three year period as a project management consultant with clients such as BAe SEMA and Cray Systems, Steve joined GenRad (now Teradyne Diagnostic Solutions) as programme manager.  He was the responsible for a business unit delivering bespoke software and hardware solutions to automotive OEMs and for commercial agreements, software licensing and the protection of intellectual property.

Steve qualified as a solicitor with Hammonds.  He now practices at Addleshaw Goddard in Manchester.