A graduate in Chemistry from University of London, I began my working life at British Aerospace Military Aircraft Group in 1979. I left the UK in 1981 to work with Litton Industries Inc in Japan, Singapore and the USA working on Oil & Gas and Petrochemical projects. I left Litton in 1993 to return to South East Asia to establish a business for a Canadian environmental services company and negotiated a 20 year service support contract with the Malaysian government for the supply of air and water pollution monitoring data which could be used to prosecute polluters.
Returning to the UK in 1997, I took up a directorship at Zellweger Analytics a manufacturer of toxic gas detection equipment, and moved to a telecom software start up in 1999.
I joined TDSi in 2003 when it was owned by Norbain SD Limited and led the buyout of TDSi from Norbain in February 2005. TDSi manufactures electronic access control and integrated security systems. Export sales have grown from 40% of the business to 50+%.
TDSi opened offices in Hong Kong and Shenzhen in 2010 to support sales of our UK manufactured systems to the China market. I am active with the BSIA (British Security Industry Association) being Chairman of the Export Council from 2010 to 2013 and I am also an industry representative on the Security Sector Advisory Group (SSAG) for UKTI DSO.
Specialties: Business turnaround
International Business Development
Marketing
Strategic Planning
Managing Director @ Led the management buyout in Feb 2005 and turned around the business and put it on a strong growth footing. From October 2003 to Present (12 years 2 months) Sales & Marketing Director @ From December 1999 to September 2003 (3 years 10 months) Market Segment Director @ From August 1997 to November 1999 (2 years 4 months) General Manager @ From February 1993 to July 1997 (4 years 6 months) Sales and marketing manager Asia Pacific @ From February 1981 to February 1993 (12 years 1 month)
Advanced Management Programme @ Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University From 1991 to 1992 BSc, Chemistry @ University of London From 1975 to 1979 BSc, Chemistry @ Westfield College From 1975 to 1979 John Davies is skilled in: Strategic Planning, Marketing, Security, Start-ups, Marketing Strategy, Strategic planning, International Business Development, Product Management, CCTV, Access Control, New Business Development, Product Development, Sales, Biometrics, Change Management
Websites:
http://www.tdsi.co.uk