Who we are, what we do.
There's nothing worse than the invisible faces behind a company. We want our customers to know who they're dealing with. As part of being fully transparent (which we hope you appreciate), we want to offer you a little insight into the people behind SYIL UK and why we firmly believe we possess a unique blend of skills to be able to help you and your business make more money!
All this, whilst retaining the personal service that you expect and deserve.
Tom
Southern Technical Sales
Name: Tom Marshallsay
Drink of choice: Coffee, White and 2
Hometown: Portsmouth
Marital Status: Married with 2 Beautiful Daughters
Hobbies: Football, Music and being a Dad
Favourite film: Goodfellas
Industry Experience: 14+ years
First Job in Engineering: CNC Programmer and Operator
Later Careers:
7 years as a 5 Axis Programmer/Operator for a prestigious F1 component and precise manufacturing sub-contractor.
Area Sales Manager for one of the largest Machine Tool Companies in the UK, helping customers investigate new technology to increase output and revenue.
Why I'd like to work with you?
Similar to my colleagues, I'm not scared of any challenge in Engineering. I've cut my teeth on some of the hardest projects around, during the F1 season where fast leadtimes and perfection are the order of the day. Add this experience to an unwavering sense to achieve and I think we can do great things.
Lee
Midlands Technical Sales
Name: Lee Wilkinson
Drink of choice: Extra strong tea, splash of milk
Hometown: Luton, Hertfordshire
Marital Status: Engaged with 1 son and another +1 on the way!
Hobbies: Travelling, Guitars
Favourite film: Pulp Fiction
Industry Experience: 15+ years.
First Job in Engineering: Apprentice Toolmaker
Later Careers:
Full time Toolmaker and Machinist working in sub-contracting.
Technical Sales Engineer for a Swiss Tooling company, dealing in micro-machining and hard milling applications. Responsible for UK.
Area Sales Manager for one of the largest Machine Tool Companies in the UK, helping customers investigate new technology to increase output and revenue.
Why I'd like to work with you?
Having a varied background of both machines and technical tooling/applications allows me to offer solid advice for you to grow in business.
Patrick
Northern Technical Sales
Short of this sounding like a dating profile, here goes nothing!
Name: Patrick O'Connor
Drink of choice: Coffee white and 1. No excuse :)
Hometown: Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Marital Status: Married with 2 off x Beautiful Daughters
Hobbies: Anything with pistons (in particular Motorbikes), Golf and seeing the Sun shining...
Favourite film: Django Unchained
Industry Experience: 15+ years
First Job in Engineering: Apprentice Production Engineer producing Precision Medical Implants and Devices using MasterCAM.
Later Careers:
CNC Programmer & Trainer for a large Oil & Gas sub-contract company. Using MasterCAM/Delcam.
Advanced Manufacturing Engineer for a large OEM, using Openmind HyperMILL. 3 axis through to 5 axis on a plethora of controls and machines.
Area Sales Manager for a large Machine Tool Company in the UK, dealing with turnkey projects for large blue-chips, through to standard sales with small/medium businesses.
Why I'd like to work with you?
I like success, along with making people happy and doing a good job. I'd like to think I'm a good listener and I know what makes industry tick as I've worked at both the machine level and sales level covering the UK.
Most importantly, I can do the above whilst being able to have a good laugh and I'm not afraid of a getting the hands dirty!
