CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: John McGowan Tel: (01236) 420672

Address: 43 Higherness Way Date of Birth: 27/01/75Douglas GardensCoatbridgeLanarkshireML5 5FL

EDUCATION

Higher Education

1992-1996 Glasgow Caledonian UniversityHND Computer Aided Engineering

In order to receive this award I completed various core modules includingMechatronics, Mechanical Engineering Principles, Design Technology andComputer Aided Design.

Secondary Education

1986-1992 St Ambrose High School

Standard Grades- Chemistry (2), Geography (2), Mathematics (2) and Physics(2)Higher Grades- Chemistry (C), Geography (C) and Physics (C)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Sept 2006- Present HydrasunCustomer Service Advisor

My position involves working in the busy sales office of a hydraulic, Industrial hose and fittings distributor. My day to day duties are wide

ranging and involve general order processing, purchasing, managing small projects, dealing with technical enquiries and design and specification of industrial/hydraulic hose and fittings assemblies.

Nov 2004 - Sep2006 Burrell Pneumatics

Position: Technical Sales Co-ordinator

My position involved working along with three other colleagues in a family run Pneumatics Distributor. My day to day duties were varied, these included dealing with a technical sales call and taking this call all the way through to an order, pneumatic circuit design and sometimes project work where small panel builds were required. I was also involved with some of the purchasing from the main manufacturer and suppliers.

Apr 2004 - Oct 2004 Barnwell ServicesPosition: Sales Engineer

My position involved increasing the amount of new accounts in my area whilst looking after existing key accounts. My area included Scotland and the northeast of England. Due to the nature of the job I gained extensive experience of distribution of engineering seals and associated products. I also gained an insight into the differences between working for a distributor and a manufacturer and invaluable sales experience as a result of this.

Jan 2001-Apr 2004 SMC PneumaticsPosition: Sales Engineer

My position involved developing the sales in my area by visiting customers and proactively selling the company's products, I also dealt with any technical and Sales issues the customer may have had. I covered an area of four hundred customers and created new business outside my customer base where possible. Due to the nature of the job I gained extensive sales experience within the engineering sector.

Mar 1998-Jan 2001 IMI NorgrenPosition: Technical Sales Co-ordinator

My job involved dealing with technical enquiries from customers. This ranged from specifying parts to designing pneumatic circuits, answering technical and sales calls, entering and processing sales orders on an AS400 system and general office duties.

Jun 1997-Mar 1998 Ovec SystemsPosition: Trainee Engineer

My duties involved plumbing and designing pneumatic systems, working with Programmable logic controllers, CAD design of components and

general all round workshop experience. I also recorded all purchase invoices on the ledger and dealt with any customer enquiries.

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

Strong team playerEnjoy working on own initiative or as part of a teamAble to work under pressure and to deadlinesExperience of working with the publicFull clean drivers licence

IT EXPERIENCE

Pro EngineerAutoCAD 2000Lotus NotesMicrosoft Excel, Word and Outlook

REFERENCES

Mr Phil Burnside Mr Gordon Reid Business development and marketing manager Special projects EngineerParker Hannifin Hydrasun