Ben Farmer Top-Executive
An all-rounder that knows what it takes to go from lab → prototype → funded → scaled product → macro impact
Headquarters:
Bridgwater, England, United Kingdom
Followers:
2166
Title:
Deputy Challenge Director - Made Smarter Innovation
Company:
Innovate UK
Company Website:
https://www.ukri.org/councils/innovate-uk/, http://www.addedlightness.com, https://www.athertonbikes.com
Company Linkedin:
linkedin.com/company/innovateuk
Company Founded In:
2007
Company Size:
201-500
Current Job Duration:
5 yrs 5 mos
Country:
United Kingdom
Work Experience:
Title: Deputy Challenge Director - Made Smarter Innovation
Company: Innovate Uk
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovateuk/
Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
Company Size: 201-500
Location: Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 08-2020
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Director
Company: Added Lightness
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/added-lightness-limited/
Industry: Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
Company Size: 1-10
Location: Bristol
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 04-2019
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Co-Founder and CTO
Company: Atherton Bikes
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/atherton-bikes/
Industry: Sporting Goods
Company Size: 1-10
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 02-2019
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Secretary to the Board; Technical Lead; Programme Lead; Strategy, Marketing and Partnerships Lead
Company: None
Company URL: None
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 11-2014
Ends At: 02-2019
Description: None
Title: Co-Founder and Non-Executive Chairman
Company: None
Company URL: None
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: Monmouth
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 09-2014
Ends At: 12-2018
Description: None
Title: Airbus Group
Company: Airbus
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/airbusgroup/
Industry: Aviation & Aerospace
Company Size: 10001+
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 05-2014
Ends At: 11-2014
Description: None
Title: Project Manager – Aeronautics and Space Innovation Technology Panel (ASITP)
Company: None
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-bath/
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: Bath
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 10-2004
Ends At: 12-2005
Description: None
Title: Composites Engineer
Company: Cobham
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cobham/
Industry: Defense & Space
Company Size: 1001-5000
Location: Witney
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 11-2003
Ends At: 10-2004
Description: None
Title: Visiting Research Scientist
Company: None
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/school/lehigh-university/
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: Allentown, PA
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 07-1998
Ends At: 08-1999
Description: None
Education:
School: University of Cambridge
Degree: PhD
Field: Carbon Nanotubes
Period: 2000 - 2003
School: University of Bath
Degree: Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Field: Business Administration and Management
Period: 2012 - 2015
School: Lancaster University
Degree: Postgraduate Certificate
Field: Management
Period: 2008 - 2009
School: University of Bath
Degree: BEng (Hons)
Field: Materials Science & Engineering
Period: 1996 - 2000
Headline:
Deputy Director, £500m Made Smarter Innovation Programme @ Innovate UK | CTO - Atherton Bikes
Company Industry:
Non-Profit Organization Management
Connections:
2078
Skills:
Research, Composites, Nanocomposites, Carbon Nanotubes, Strategy Development, Technology Development, Technology Integration, Emerging Technologies, Team Leadership, Innovator, Strategy, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Simulations, Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials, Polymers, Stress Analysis, Aeronautics, Materials Science, Aircraft, Nanotechnology, R
Experience:
Title: Deputy Challenge Director - Made Smarter Innovation
Company: Innovate UK
Location: Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Start: Aug 2020
End: Present
Title: Director
Company: ADDED LIGHTNESS LIMITED
Location: Bristol
Start: Apr 2019
End: Present
Title: Co-Founder and CTO
Company: Atherton Bikes
Location:
Start: Feb 2019
End: Present
Title: Secretary to the Board; Technical Lead; Programme Lead; Strategy, Marketing and Partnerships Lead
Company: HiETA Technologies Ltd
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Start: Nov 2014
End: Feb 2019
Title: Co-Founder and Non-Executive Chairman
Company: Robot Bike Co.
Location: Monmouth
Start: Sep 2014
End: Dec 2018
Title: Wing Manufacturing Informatics Team Leader
Company: Airbus Group
Location: Filton
Start: May 2014
End: Nov 2014
Title: Senior Research Engineer
Company: Airbus Group
Location: Filton
Start: Sep 2010
End: May 2014
Title: Composites Research & Technology Manager
Company: Airbus Group
Location: Filton
Start: Jul 2009
End: Sep 2010
Title: Composite Technology Research and Technology Integrator
Company: Airbus Group
Location: Filton
Start: Oct 2007
End: Sep 2010
Title: Composite Developments Team Leader
Company: Airbus Group
Location: Filton
Start: Jan 2006
End: Oct 2007
Title: Project Manager – Aeronautics and Space Innovation Technology Panel (ASITP)
Company: University of Bath
Location: Bath
Start: Oct 2004
End: Dec 2005
Title: Composites Engineer
Company: Cobham
Location: Witney
Start: Nov 2003
End: Oct 2004
Title: Visiting Research Scientist
Company: Lehigh University
Location: Allentown, PA
Start: Jul 1998
End: Aug 1999
Publications:
Length-dependent electrical and thermal properties of carbon nanotube-loaded epoxy nanocomposites (Composites Science and Technology Volume 81, 14 June 2013, Pages 42–47 · Jun 1, 2013)
Wetting Mechanisms of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube (VACNT) Composite Structures in Readiness for Additive Layer Manufacture (15th European Conference of Composite Materials, Venice, 2012 · Jun 25, 2012)
Strategies to combine nanocomposite and Additive Layer Manufacturing techniques to build materials and structures simultaneously (15th European Conference of Composite Materials, Venice, 2012 · Jun 25, 2012)
Development of carbon nanotube/epoxy composites for lightning protection (28th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM), Jeju, South Korea between, 21st-26th August 2011 · Aug 21, 2011)
Aligned and Dispersed Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Composites: Manufacturing and Characterisation (14th European Conference of Composite Materials (ECCM14), Hungary, 2010. · Jun 1, 2010)
The Growth of Bamboo-Structured Carbon Tubes Using a Copper Catalyst (MRS Proceedings, 740, I3.8 doi:10.1557/PROC-740-I3.8. · Nov 1, 2002)
Assembly Strategies for Fully Aligned and Dispersed Morphology Controlled Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composites Grown in Net-Shape (Materials Research Society, Fall Meeting, Boston MA, 2010)
Mechanical testing and modelling of a vertically aligned carbon nanotube composite structure (Composites Science and Technology Volume 77, 22 March 2013, Pages 1–7)