Management Team | Cogent Technology

Meet some of our team

Here are some of the people you'll probably get to know at Cogent Technology.

Nigel Slator: Managing Director; Nigel's career experience covers many different aspects of electronics manufacturing and includes electronic design, manufacturing management, and commercial sales and marketing.; As Managing Director, Nigel's role is to evolve a sustainable strategy for the company's growth. He has achieved this by incorporating his personal approach to business and by cultivating amicable and honest relationships with clients and suppliers. Valuing openness as the best way of meeting clients' needs, he has led by example to develop this ethos throughout the company.; Even if you don't speak with Nigel, you will experience his influence on Cogent Technology and everyone who works here.

Michael Charlesworth: Engineering Manager & Quality Representative; Michael has overall responsibility for Cogent Technology's assembly processes and infrastructure. He ensures that we fully understand your technical requirements and reviews our process specifications to ensure those requirements are met. Besides specifying what manufacturing equipment is necessary and making sure it is maintained, Michael also provides and manages our IT and business support systems and liaises with our support partners.; Michael's Quality Team not only ensure that we comply with strict regulatory requirements supported by our QMS but also oversee workmanship quality of everything we produce.; Michael can discuss your technical requirements with you in detail, and provide design for manufacture consultations to support your product development.

Daniel Goddard: Sales Engineer; Having graduated in Electronics Engineering Daniel began his Cogent career as part of our technical team. Daniel's career since then has seen him migrate through engineering and procurement roles culminating his current position with the sales team.; Daniel combines new business acquisition with account and project management. A clear communicator with a methodical approach Daniel has assisted in the success of a number of new product introductions enjoying the journey from first customer contact to first unit off the end of the line.

Robert Stainer: Sales Director; Robert leads a team of talented individuals with two distinct objectives - generating new business and, of equal if not greater importance, managing the accounts of existing customers to ensure their needs and expectations are met.; Robert consolidates the information from both these sources to provide forward forecasts which drive the actions of the business in the long term.; You'll soon witness his passion for maintaining regular and structured communication with clients.

Paul Turner: Logistics Manager; Paul manages our purchasing team and oversees procurement of components, stock control and shipping of finished products. He is also responsible for maintaining the relationships with our offshore partners.; Through careful planning and frequent communication with both the sales and production teams he and his team ensure that all the stock is in place for your products to be manufactured and that you receive your orders in a timely and efficient way.; To minimise the duplication of information and time spent between receipt of order and instigation of material purchasing, Paul's team includes both estimators and document controllers working side by side to ensure that the manufacturing information is prepared without delay.

Debbie Dainton: Project Manager; A rare blend of technical knowledge born out of a career at the coal face of production test and commercial acumen derived through practical experience and academic study, Debbie provides exceptional service to her customers treating their projects with the utmost priority.; Debbie's depth of experience means that, acting as her customers champion, she knows the who, what, when and how of everything that needs to be done to keep your project on track for success.