I have been working in the automotive product development business for 32 years, in car companies and suppliers. I have lead multi-disciplinary development teams. I have lead business acquisition efforts and been a member of platform engineering efforts. I enjoy Systems Thinking and breaking the mould. On 17th Aug 2008 I suffered a life threatening Cardiac Arrest. I now have an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator fitted and I am recovering well. Specialties: Mechanical design, architecture development, systems thinking, platform engineering, GD&T, DFM/DFA, Automotive development processes, APQP, FMEA, Six Sigma Greenbelt, Design for Six Sigma

Technical Fellow @ Preparation of quote materials. Setting technical direction for new projects. Oversight of the technical content of projects in progress. Signing off designs. Training and mentoring of engineers. Developing design standards and process. Technology and supplier scouting From January 2010 to Present (6 years) Technical fellow @ From 2010 to Present (5 years) Tech. Mgr. @ From 2004 to Present (11 years) Tech. Mgr. @ Mechnical design leadership for in-car electronics (e.g. Radios and Instrument Clusters) Mechanical Architecture, Lead Design Revews, Research new technology, prepare and present quotations to new cstomers. From 2003 to Present (12 years) Supervisor @ From 1993 to 2003 (10 years) PD Supervisor @ Managed a radio design group of 12 engineers (ME, EE and SW) and a CAD team of 28 designers. From 1991 to 2003 (12 years) Supervisor, Audio Engineering @ Managed a cross-discipline team of 6 designe engineers. From 1993 to 1999 (6 years)

Mechanical Engineering, Engineering @ Loughborough University From 1981 to 1985 Bachelor's degree (BTech) equivalent to BSc +DIS, Mechanical Engineering @ Loughborough University From 1981 to 1985 Mark Baker is skilled in: FMEA, APQP, Six Sigma, GD&T, Systems Thinking, Automotive, Automotive Electronics, Automotive Engineering, DFMEA, Engineering Management, Lean Manufacturing, PPAP, Plastics, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering