Director - Substations UK / Ireland - ABB Power Systems Full turnkey design & delivery for GIS, AIS and hybrid Transmission & Distribution projects in the Rail, Industrial & Utilities sectors. Regional Sales & Marketing Manager - Substations UK & Ireland. With the support of an excellent team the business has tripled is size and increased profitability. DISCLAIMER: Any views expressed via my LinkedIn account are my own and should not be assumed to be those of ABB Ltd.

Director - Substations UK @ Full turnkey design & delivery for GIS, AIS and hybrid Transmission & Distribution projects in the Rail, Industrial & Utilities sectors From January 2011 to Present (5 years) Regional Marketing & Sales Manager - UK / Ireland @ Market analysis - demand order estimates Setting Sales and Marketing strategy Coordinations of Front End Sales and Account Management Group level reporting - outlook forecast / order capture From 2010 to Present (5 years) Construction & Operations Manager @ The lead representative for a consortium of ABB, Atkins and Morgan Sindall in an Alliance with National Grid delivering over £600 million in new investment into NG's transmission network. Responsible for creating a "one team" culture on the contract across the various diverse companies. Frequently describe by the Client as their top performing Alliance on Safety, quality and value benefit. Introduced new technologies to help reduce costs as well as new construction methods to make things safer for people across our construction sites. From 2006 to 2010 (4 years) Senior Project Manager @ Senior Project Manager responsible for a team of 5 other Project Managers delivering a portfolio of substation projects for various Utility customers. From October 2003 to November 2006 (3 years 2 months) Project Manager @ Responsible for turnkey distribution substation projects. Key area of focus being a long term framework with Northern Power Electric. Built good customer relationships based on trust and delivering what we promised. Resulted in a further 5 year extension. Other customers included industrial business requiring grid connections From July 2001 to October 2003 (2 years 4 months) Senior Contracts Engineer @ Responsible for medium voltage switchgear installations in the UK. Managing key interfaces between UK customers and overseas manufacturing facilities around design, installation and commissioning From August 1998 to July 2001 (3 years) Contracts Engineer @ MV and LV switchgear manufacturing. Customer interface Management of subcontractors Commercial Management of allocated contracts From 1996 to 1998 (2 years)

Diploma - Business Administration, MBA @ Henley Management College From 2005 to 2007 Diploma - Project Management, PMBOK @ Lancaster University From 1996 to 1998 Jon Downs is skilled in: Power Generation, Transmission, Electrical Engineering, Construction, Electricity, Energy, Substation, Power Distribution, Power Systems, Switchgear, Smart Grid, SCADA, Transformer, Wind, Electric Power