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News Release from: PDD
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 07 April 2006
Consultancy appoints engineering chief
Product innovation consultancy appoints Head of Engineering to take over the management of the technical team to provide commercially potent and technically sound innovation.
Product innovation consultancy PDD has appointed States Chiwanga as its Head of Engineering Chiwanga takes over the management of the technical team at PDD following a career in academic research in Schlumberger and more recently in consultancy at Solectron Design and Engineering
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 5 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The appointment strengthens PDD's technical reputation and underlines the company's commitment to provide commercially potent and technically sound innovation for its clients, from research through to implementation.
Development Director Graham Lacy said: "We are pleased to have appointed Chiwanga, who shares a common, human-focused passion for development, but also brings new skills and experience in areas of technology that are valuable sources of innovation for our clients".
Alongside a career developing commercial, medical, telecoms and industrial products, Chiwanga has become an acknowledged expert in the field of thermal and fluidic research and analysis, an area which is becoming increasingly relevant in sectors such as medical equipment, telecoms and IT.
He believes that his appointment at PDD will enable him to focus and enhance the technical capability of the rapidly-expanding firm.
He said: "I am very pleased to have joined a leading product design and engineering group that combines creativity, innovation, user needs and good engineering practices to produce world class products and services".
"I joined PDD to enhance our engineering offering, particularly in the areas of thermo-fluids, electronics packaging and electro-mechanical technology and to strengthen the group's engineering and technology capability for clients".
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