Prof R T Beaty, OBE, FREng's Biography
- Forename(s)
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Robert Thompson (Bob)
- Sex
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Male
- Decorations
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OBE (2003)
- Date of Birth
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13/10/1943
- Foretitle(s)
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Prof
- Surname
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BEATY
- Style
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Prof R T Beaty, OBE, FREng
- Recreations
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golf, hill walking, cycling, France
Prof R T Beaty, OBE, FREng's Professional Career
- Career
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trainee then test engr Hoover Cambuslang 1966-68; IBM: quality engr Greenock Plant 1968-69, Uithoorn Devpt Lab Holland 1969-71, World Trade HQ White Plains NY 1973-74, second level mgmnt 1974 (mgmnt 1971), functional mangr quality assurance 1976-78, mangr PCB Business Unit 1978-80, various sr mgmnt positions 1980-87, asst plant mangr 1987-89, dir of ops European HQ Paris 1989-92, dir technol prod ops 1992, dir of manufacturing ops and location exec 1993, dir IBM Greenock 1994-96; chief exec Scottish Electronics Forum (SEF) 1996-97; md: RTB Professional Services 1996-98, GlenCon Ltd 1998-2006; non-exec dir: Semple Cochrane plc 1996-99, Turnkey Holdings Ltd 1996-2002, Calluna plc 1996-2003, MetFab Engrg Ltd 1998-99; visiting prof of product design Univ of Glasgow 1996-; dir: Renfrewshire Enterprise Co 1994-2003 (chm 1999-2003), Greenock Tall Ships 1999 Ltd 1996-98, Eng Educn Scheme Scotland 1997-; memb Bd: Engrg Educn Scheme for Scotland (EESS) 1999-, Scottish Inst for Enterprise 2002-05; memb Ct Univ of Paisley 1999- (vice-chair 2002-05, chair 2005-), memb Mgmnt Ctee James Watt Coll 2000-07 (vice-chair 2005-07), Scottish Industrial Devpt Advsy Bd (SIDAB) 2003-; FIEE 1985, FIProdE 1987, FREng 1989
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