Wakeman Composites Consulting

Wakeman Composites Consulting specializes in advanced composites and is available for consulting mandates, missions, and interim roles. Offering a proven record of +20 yrs, spanning academia and global corporations, skilled both as an individual contributor with exposure to the highest organizational levels, and operating and leading within multinational, matrix structures, with complex team dynamics. SERVICE OFFERINGS: • Scientific Advisory Committees - 3rd party review of new initiatives / research strategies / proposals / technical programs - External Board membership - On-boarding and training - Alternative / Competitive Technology Evaluation • Materials and Process Development - Guide you in the formulation of fibre & resin systems for thermoplastic composites, viscosity reduction, rapid impregnation - Advise on mechanical test method selection and approaches - Selection of manufacturing processes for specific applications, trim/waste reduction, over-molding, textiles/UD tape - Implement advanced DOE approaches during development of your material and process - Instrumentation, statistical analysis • Cost and Strategy Modelling - Brainstorming and ideation: composite material & manufacturing process selection for applications, thermosets and thermoplastics, Achilles heel testing - Deliver technical cost models for composite solutions versus in-kind / non-in-kind incumbents - Deliver 10-50-90 business models of novel technologies versus CAPEX, and market adoption • Business Technology Strategy - Management consulting - Pressure testing of business models, key technology drivers, investments, & market needs - Projection of carbon fibre market development in industrial & automotive vs. technology - Build patent landscapes vs. technology trends in your competitive or customer space Please see our service portfolio at and feel free to contact us (no "{}") at: consulting{@}wakeman.ch