In the Driving Seat: Simeon Clow, Business Development Manager, Hartree Centre
Simeon Clow, Business Development Manager, Hartree Centre, is very enthusiastic about the potential for the relationship with the NAA, but strangely doesn’t talk about the outcome of this season’s Premier League…
Name
Simeon Clow
Company
Hartree Centre
Position
Business Development
Manager
Apart
from that
By Royal Charter, the
Hartree Centre is a department within the Science and Technology Facilities
Council, which falls under UK Research (LINK), reporting directly into the
Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Association
with NAA
The Hartree Centre
has been talking to the NAA for over 12 months and we believe we can add a
tangible value to the membership through grant-funded collaborative R&D
projects in the areas of Modelling and Simulation, Big Data and Artificial
Intelligence. We have significant experience working in the automotive sector,
having developed a Virtual Wind Tunnel, worked on numerous Computer Aided
Formulation projects for fuels and lubricants, manufacturing optimisation
projects for predictive maintenance and structured and unstructured data
analysis for traffic flow optimisation.
Why
did you join the NAA?
The Hartree Centre
viewed the NAA as an ideal partner, enabling us to reach out and engage with
organisations in the automotive sector who have already adopted Industry 4.0
technologies and those who are looking to do so. The platform the NAA offers
will assist the Hartree Centre with our remit from Government to deliver UK
Industrial Strategy, by ‘Accelerating the adoption of High Performance
Computing, Big Data and Cognitive technologies to UK industry’. The various
grant funding options we have access to will enable NAA members to de-risk
carrying out Proof of Concept (POC) for the adoption or acceleration of these
technologies within their businesses.
Personal
Happily married for
16 years with 12 year old twins, a dog and a cat. Hobbies and interests include
dinghy sailing, fell walking, gym, DIY, football, as well as being a Scout
leader.
Favourite
football team
Liverpool FC
Musical
performer
Oasis
Movie
Monty Python – Life
of Brian
Books
Andy McNabb – Nick
Stone series
Best
motoring moment
Two fast laps in an
Arial Atom
Best
business advice you’ve ever received?
Always treat people
the way you wish to be treated
