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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Principal operating in the Manufacturing space. If you think a Principal is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Ziran Sun
Principal Open Source Engineer of Samsung Electronics
Ziran Sun is an Open Source Engineer at Samsung Research UK. She has been involved in a few open source projects, including webinos, blink/chromium, and IoTivity. Currently, Ziran is looking at web IoT and related areas.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Jean Page
Principal Technologist of BAE Systems
Jean has been a practicing Human Factors (HF) engineer in BAE Systems’s Air Sector since 1990 when she joined the BAE Systems research and technology department researching new Human Machine Interface (HMI) technologies in the context of future aircraft concepts. She is a chartered Ergonomist & Human Factors Engineer and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors Jean was the HF lead on two aircraft programmes: The Nimrod MRA4 programme (1994-1999) and the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft (1999-2006) being responsible for the HF Integration programme elements including conducting HF analyses and ensuring that the HMI was designed according to human engineering principles and within agreed costs. This also involved providing design input and performing assessments of the developing design so as to ensure safe, reliable and efficient usage, and to increase system effectiveness. On the F-35 programme she was also ultimately responsible for the maintainer, trainer and builder human interfaces. From 2006-2012 Jean was Head of the HF Shared Service at Warton, a team of Human Factors individuals who undertake a wide range of HF work on behalf of the MAI business. Since 2006, she has also been the Head of the HF Discipline within MAI, responsible for human factors capability and governance management and for performing specific human factors work including aircrew duty of care and future concept research. In 2015 she was appointed as the Human Factors Lead Technologist in MAI. She is also a BAE Systems Global Engineering Fellow.
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About BAE Systems: BAE Systems designs, develops, and supports defense and aerospace systems used in the air, on land, at sea, and in space.
Russell Herbert
Industry Principal of OSIsoft
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About AVEVA, OSIsoft: OSIsoft is a manufacturer of application software for real-time data infrastructure solutions.
Afzal Ali
Principal Engineer & Expert – Synthetic Environments & Experimentation of Airbus Defence & Space
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About Airbus Defence & Space: Airbus Defence & Space develops and engineers products in the fields of defense and space.
John Ramsay
Principal Design Engineer of Triton Submarines LLC
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About Triton Submarines LLC: Triton Submarines engages in manufacturing manned submersibles designed for yacht based deployment.
