William Boyd – Managing Director
William (Bill) has over 30 years’ experience in business. William’s expertise is casting and manufacturing technology, metallurgy, and business management. Bill has extensive experience in manufacturing for the power generation, medical implant, automotive, aerospace, defence, and oil and gas industries.
Alan McLaughlin – Company Metallurgist / Quality Manager
Alan has 40 years’ experience working in manufacturing, mainly in the steel industry (foundries). Areas of expertise include Quality assurance management & metallurgy. Alan is familiar with and well versed in dealing with the requirements of ISO 9001 & 14001.
Richard McCann – Global Head of Engineering & Technology
Richard (Rich) has over 20 years’ experience and is an extremely accomplished Mechanical Engineer. He has broad range of expertise, specialising in downhole tools and submersible pumps for upstream oil and gas applications. Rich has an extensive sector knowledge of Manufacturing, Well Intervention, Artificial Lift, and Completions Engineering.
Liam Convery – Global Head of Quality, H&S and Business Improvement
Liam has nearly 30 years’ experience of managing operations in a variety of industries, such as electronics, defence, aerospace and oil and gas. His other areas of expertise include quality systems, health & safety and environmental improvement, and business management systems.
Laura Reid – Quality Assistant
Laura has been with the company since 2012 where she began in goods inwards before progressing to her current role as quality assistant. Laura’s responsibilities are wide ranging dealing with everything from quality documentation to logistics.
Scott Quin – Machine Shop Manager / Production Manager
Scott has over 35 years’ experience working within the machining environment of a large international company specialising in the heavy power generation market coupled with a broad experience in sub-contract machining to support the Oil & Gas sector.
His expertise lies in manufacturing with focus on methodology and processes. After a long history of part programming and planning he has working experience of leading a team of manufacturing and production engineers.
Andrew Davidson – IT Support Assistant
Andrew has been with the company since 2018. His main area of expertise is the maintenance, updating and management of the Orderwise and Smartsheet systems. Andrew is also involved in 3d modeling, technical drawing, and 3d animation.
Paul Dalgarno – Torque & Pressure Technician
Paul has been with UMS Flowell since 2015. Prior to joining us he worked for 12 years at a refrigerated vehicle manufacturer.
His current role as a Torque and Pressure Test Technician involves the assembly and testing of various products within the UMS Flowell product line.
Mike Wallace – Torque & Pressure Technician
Mike has 12 years experience in the oil and gas industry and joined UMS Flowell in 2015.
He has 8 years experience in torquing and pressure testing and 4 years MPI & DYE PEN (inspection) on threads and hand tools.
His current role as a Torque and Pressure Test Technician involves the assembly and testing of various products within the UMS Flowell product line.
David Perston – New Product Design Engineer and Sustaining Engineering Manager
David has over 37 years experience in diverse roles including Pump Design, Aerospace, Power Conversion, Oil and Gas and Submarine Design.
His areas of expertise include engineering development design, 3D modelling, design calculations, Finite Element Analysis and engineering problem solving.
Garreth Boyd - IT & PA to Managing Director
Garreth has 14 years’ experience working in IT and Manufacturing.
Areas of expertise include deploying and managing company IT systems, custom ERP reporting, procurement and inspection.
Kenny Strachan – Workshop Manager
Before joining UMS Flowell, Kenny spent 26 years working as a Field Service Engineer.
Extensive experience working in the oil and energy industry in – artificial lift installation; coil tubing installation; AL field service technical support; field service management , project stock control levels and QA of equipment.
Logan Rooke - Production Controller
Logan has been with the company since 2022 where he began in
goods inwards before progressing to his current role as Production Controller.
Logan’s responsibilities are to plan and monitor workflow, as
well as material movements in production cycles to ensure continuous operations
and assist in processing customer orders according to an established schedule.
He is responsible for running a smooth and efficient facility and ensuring a
safe environment and quality control.
David Burns - Technical Sales Manager
Before joining UMS Flowell, David had over 18 years’ experience in Oil and Gas of which 13 years were spent solely dedicated to the Artificial Lift industry. His previous experience comes from working for both the ESP provider as well as ESP completion system providers. David’s areas of expertise during this time were in Applications, Sales Support, Operations and Mechanical Design.
Carmen Prajescu - Order Processing Senior Manager
Carmen has 15 years of relevant oil and gas industry in procurement and supply chain management experience. As the Purchasing Manager for a leading Wireline Pressure Control Equipment company in Aberdeen, she managed challenging purchasing processes and negotiated critical supplier relationships.
After earning a Bachelor of Business and Management in 2024, she gained further skills, that offered her an extensive viewpoint on planning, business and completing tasks in high-pressure situations.
David Payne - Senior Design Engineer
David has over 20 years’ experience with mechanical design
in the Oil & Gas industry including drilling, coil-tubing workovers, subsea
operations, electronic gauge integration & deployment and artificial lift.
His specialist areas include 2D and 3D CAD, finite element analysis,
computational fluid dynamics, engineering calculations and programming.
Rachel King - Business Administrator
Rachel has a dynamic background in HR within the Oil & Gas Industry, including Employee Relations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Recruitment & Selection, Training & Employment Law. Rachel also has experience in Logistics, including Personnel Logistics Co-ordination and most recently Customs Administration.
James Robertson - Media Manager /3d Animator
James has over 25 years experience in the Oil & Gas industry. Specialising in 3d animation, 3d modelling, web design & graphic design, James has extensive experience of creating visuals for a wide range of downhole products.
Louise Hamilton - Group Finance Manager
Louise is a self-motivated Finance Manager with a proven track record of success, leadership and dependability over many years.
With a Business Management Degree, BA (Hons) and Chartered Membership to the Institute of Personnel and Development, Louise is also a driven HR Professional responsible for creating processes to enhance strategic business outcomes.
Ian Brady - Operations Manager
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ian Brady as Operations Manager for UMS Flowell, effective Monday 3rd Feb 2025. Ian will report directly to Managing Director, Bill Boyd and will be based in East Kilbride.
Ian joins us from Hyspec Engineering, where held the position of General Manager. With over 25 years’ experience in the Oil and Gas Industry, Ian has held senior management positions with organisation’s such as Baker Hughes, GE, Oil States and Dril-Quip.
He holds a Bachelor of Technology Degree, Manufacturing and Management from Strathclyde University.