Our Team

Dave started his career in Engineering as a trainee in 1992 for a large Testing Organisation, where he rose through the ranks to become the Business Manager.
In July 2005 Dave left to start his own Business outside Engineering.
After a successful spell running his own Business, Dave was tempted back into Engineering by Rotech Labs in September 2012, where, with his new team within the Mechanical & Product Testing Departments, have seen both areas go from Strength to Strength resulting in a doubling of sales in a few years. Dave then went on to also manage the Phoenix Materials Testing Laboratory in 2018.
Dave is highly Customer focused and is always willing to assist with delivery or any customer questions.

In January 2019 Dave was promoted to Operations Manager, overseeing the day-to-day running of the Rotech & Phoenix Materials Testing Laboratories.

Joining Rotech in June 2019, Craig has 30 years’ experience working within the aerospace and automotive industries. His knowledge and experience of working in UKAS and NADCAP laboratories sees him well equipped to Head the Metallurgy department.

Craig’s expertise includes the testing and examination of Nickel, Steel and Titanium Alloys.

Martin began his career as a metallurgical chemist working for McKechnie’s, a leading UK copper based manufacturer where he gained valuable experience in classical wet analysis. Martin then extended his knowledge in the analytical techniques of XRF, ICP-OES and spark emission spectroscopy including method development. Furnace melt control and process calibration were key aspect of his role. Martin joined Rotech in 2009 bringing with him his expertise in analytical chemistry along with customer technical liaison and significant training skills.

Carl joined Rotech in 2013 as Principal Test Engineer for Rotech's Mechanical Department. In 2018 Carl took on the responsibility for mechanical testing and in January 2019 was promoted to Head of Mechanical Testing.

Carl has over 30 years experience in Materials Testing specialising in Mechanical Testing.

Phil has an MSc in Geomaterials from Queen Mary College London, a petrographic consultant and an experienced SEM practitioner with experience also in optical microscopy, XRD, XRF and wet chemistry. He has many years’ experience in group quality management and compliance management including ISO 17025, MCERTS, GLP/GMP and rail RISQS (formerly LINK Up). Phil joined Rotech in Jan 2016 as part of our growing management team.

Julie joined Rotech Laboratories Ltd in October 2019 as Head of Administration. She has experience in auditing to ISO quality systems and in the operation of SAGE Line 50 and administrative accounts.