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Tim Leigh

2Henbury St

Moss Side

Manchester

M14 7JE

UK

Phone: [+44] 161 2328401

Mobile: [+44] 7789393212

E-mail: tim.leigh@lycos.com

An individual with experience of other cultures, having lived, worked and been educated in several countries. A practical “hands on” person, with an engineering aptitude.

Education

1992 – 1994 KISC, Kathmandu, Nepal

1994 – 1999 Hebron School, Ooty, 643001, TN, India

IGCSEs – Math, Physics, English, Chemistry, Religion, Technology, IT, Geography, Add Math, German.

A-levels – Math (A), Further Math (A), Physics (A), Chemistry (A), General Studies (A).

1999 – 2000 Pershore College, Pershore, Worcestershire, England

NEBS Management.

1999 – 2000 3M Gorseinon Plc, Swansea, Wales

Various short courses undertaken including Measurement Systems Analysis and Evaluating the Measurement Process, UV Curing, and Product and Process Understanding.

2000 – 2004 UMIST, Manchester, England

Currently studying for an Aerospace Engineering MEng at UMIST and the University of Manchester.

Employment History

2002 Ford Motor Company Ltd, Dunton Engineering Centre, Laindon, Essex, England

Summer Engineering Internship

Road Load Data (Vehicle and System Data). Planning, instumenting, testing and data processing related to product development in the automotive industry.

2001-2002 Stone Spar Stores, Oxford Road, Manchester, England

Sales Assistant

Operating a till and preparing food.

2001 English Summer SA, Tamarit, Catalonia, Spain

English Teacher to classes of 15-17 year olds.

Studio School, Station Rd, Cambridge CB1 2JF, England

Activity Organiser for a school teaching English to around 150 students, ages 7-16, from around the world.

1999 – 2000 3M UK PLC, Gorseinon Rd, Penllergaer, Swansea, Wales

Student Engineering Placement

Many duties including tapes lab work, PPU, database and spreadsheet design and modification.

1999 Cataforce, Albert House, 111-117 Victoria St, Bristol, England

Kitchen Porter

Cleaning the kitchen at the National Assembly for Wales.

1998 Dodabetta Medicinal Plants Development Area, TN, India

Gardener

Gardening and landscaping

1998 Lynn Warkentin, Canada

Sales Person selling fruit from a roadside fruit stall, and maintaining the stock of fruit.

1995 Swan River Farm, Canada

Labourer

Responsible for moving 8000 chickens from battery farm cages into trucks ready for slaughter, and replacing with young chickens.

Additional Information

Language: Nepali (conversational, learnt living in Nepal age 5-17)

Computer: Windows, DOS, Apple. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, (and other MS apps), Lotus Notes, Matlab, Abaqus, Visual Basic, Corel Draw, CoolEdit, and more. (Good computer literacy.)

Extracurricular Activities:

Executive committee member of University Christian Union (World Mission Secretary).

Part time work at Spar (see employment section).

Other Interests: Bicycling, trekking, swimming, sailing, basketball and many other outdoor and indoor activities (participated in a Raleigh International Welcome Week).

Drama (runner-up best actor in school drama contest). Dancing (Manchester Student Dance Society). Choir singing (Harmony Gospel Choir).

Board games, computer games and stamp collecting.

Volunteering: Work at an orphanage in Ooty, India.

Teaching at a primary school in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Date of Birth: 31.7.1981

Diving Licence: Clean

References: Available on request.