Business Development Team
Having spent more than 12 years in various Electronics Design and Software Development engineering and leadership/management roles both in the UK and abroad, Hasan joined SPECIFIC’s Business Development team as a Technical Business Development Executive in August 2021.
In his current role, Hasan works closely with UK-based SMEs and large-scale businesses to develop and commercialise their technologies and products with the common themes being Decarbonisation, Energy and Solar Power, Internet-of-Things (IoT), and Electric Vehicles. In addition, he contributes to the development of funding bids for industrial-academic collaborative projects, and leads/manages various collaborative R&D projects in the areas of smart sensors and smart energy monitoring technologies.
Work Experience:
- Technical Business Development Executive, SPECIFIC (2021 – Present)
- Technology Transfer Fellow (Electronics Eng), SPECIFIC, (2018 –2021)
- Postdoctoral and PhD Research Engineer (Nanoelectronics Eng), NEST, Exeter, UK (2013 –2017)
- R&D Engineer (Electronics and Software Eng), J&S Ltd, Barnstaple, UK (2011 –2012)
- Graduate R&D Engineer (Electronics and Software Eng), AND-OR Logic & Integrated Defence Systems, Pakistan (2007 –2009)
Chris’s primary focus is on finding synergy between industry and academia across SPECIFIC research areas, covering renewable energy applications and smart system technologies. He develops and facilitates pathways through which organisations can work with us or learn from our activities, making most use of the available funding and expertise. Chris works under the guidance of the Commercial Engagement Director – Dr Christian Bryant, who leads the Business Development Team at SPECIFIC.
Chris has developed an extensive network of contacts across Industry, HE and the Public Sector which he uses to develop collaborative opportunities across academic and commercial research and development projects. Combined with his knowledge of the academic process, University policy and procedure, and the areas of expertise and individual specialisms within our group, he has successfully been operating as a knowledge broker within SPECIFIC and Swansea University since 2015.
When combined with a lifelong passion for environmental sustainability, renewable energy and technology, Chris applies his solution providing, problem solving mentality to all manner of challenges. He will seek out vital information quickly, make connections across vertical sectors and find space for innovation opportunities, as well as a means of funding exploration of those ideas. All in the name of developing robust collaborative relationships, built on trust, cooperation, and copious amounts of enthusiasm.
Strong links with Welsh Government and the innovation funding mechanisms provided by them and UK Gov mean that Chris is also plugged in to the latest and greatest opportunities for sector or challenge led innovation project development.