Ian Bouquet-Taylor, Operations Director of Ae Aerospace on "Digitising the SME - A private 5G network to drive quality and efficiency"

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Ian joined AE Aerospace in December 2019, to help us transform our business for the next phase of our growth to £10m. Originally trained as a pattern maker, he has worked in a series of challenging roles in automotive, consumer goods and aerospace. During his career he has worked for GKN, Johnson Controls, Bentley, Rolls Royce, and Meggitt, and covered quality, manufacturing, engineering, planning, project management and supply chain.

The last 10 years have been focussed on business transformation and supply chain support leading to time spent in a consultancy role with one of the world’s leading quality consultancies, training businesses and individuals in managing the transition of ISO9001 and AS9100.

He was one of the architects of the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy backed NMCL/SC21 C&G a £52m programme aimed at raising the competitiveness of automotive and aerospace sector suppliers and was responsible for developing the syllabus of subjects for the improvement modules now being delivered to companies like AE Aerospace.

At AE Ian is responsible for managing the development of processes and tools across engineering, production control, quality manufacturing and customer support to raise our efficiency, competitiveness and to implement digital technologies that support this aspiration. Most recently this is focussed on installing our private 5G network supported by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport alongside WM5G, Ericsson and BT.

Outside work, Ian is a keen club cyclist, photographer, homebrewer, and guitar player, he also always seems to have a list of DIY jobs to do. When he finally manages to sit down, he enjoys reading, particularly historical fiction and has several collections of authors to keep him occupied over the next few years.

Digitising the SME - A private 5G network to drive quality and efficiency