The delivery man
13 September 2012
Incoming CIPS president David Rich-Jones combines strategic thinking with an uncompromising approach to delivery. He talks to Geraint John about his outlook for the profession and key challenges facing the institute
Persuading a group of engineers to use a cheaper logic analyser might not sound like a career-defining moment, but David Rich-Jones still looks back at the achievement with a sense of pride. As a young purchasing executive learning the ropes at GEC Marconi in the mid-1980s, he recognised that while the alternative product was half the price, cost was not the engineers...