- Education
Apprenticeship leading to HND, Hendon College. 1960 – 63 and Hendon College Diploma, 1963 – 64, the equivalent of a pass degree.
- Post Graduate Experience: Rolls Royce Gas Turbines 1964 to 1966
Aero Division – Vibration Dept, Research and Development Engineer: Strain Gauging and Problem Solving of Vibration and Fatigue.
- Rover Gas Turbines 1966 to 1967
Research and Development Engineer: Vibration Systems & Analysis of Problems. Product development, which at the same time included the gas turbine used by BRM at Le Mans.
- Honeywell (Military Products – USA and UK) 1967 to 1970
Research and Development related to Gas Turbines and Fluidics Control Systems.
- Remek Fluidics (Initial main contractor Ministry of Defence) 1970 to 1977
Design and Production Director – the company designed and manufactured torpedo systems in submarines and aircraft ejection systems using fluidic computers. From start-up it employed 50 staff within three years.
- The Clock and Barometer Studio 1977 to 1999
Self-employed small business: the repair and restoration of antique clocks and barometers. Ken had been ‘apprenticed’ to his father as a teenager.
- The Bridge Project Sudbury 1995 to present
Founding Trustee – Ken helped set up a charity for the education and vocational training of vulnerable adults.
- The Lotus Eleven 2001 to 2003
Building a racing car in first principle which Ken drove in Le Mans 2005 in the parade of Lotus Legends.
- Success After Stroke 2002 to 2006
Ken helped set up a support group for stroke survivors, which is now a Registered Charity in its own right.
- Water Clock Built Between 2006 to 2007
Ken designed and built a pure water clock which is on public exhibition in Sudbury Suffolk.

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