Team

Nick Harrison

Managing Director / Founder

For over thirty years, Nick has been one of the most highly respected figures in Cambridge technology circles. Founder of Round Peg Cambridge, Nick has led the company to design a vast range of award-winning products across pharmaceutical, industrial, telecommunications, medical and consumer products.

Round Peg Cambridge has just celebrated 25 years in business, which Nick and the team are extremely proud of and we’re looking forward to the next stage of growth in 2021.

Nick’s experience

• Over thirty years’ experience in design and manufacturing
• Manufacturing sectors include medical, drug delivery, agriculture, ink-jet printers, radar, microfluidics, consumer goods and railway
• Ability to deal with companies manufacturing in small volumes of single figures, to high volumes of anything up to 30 million units a year
• Direct experience of providing consultancy support to the major Cambridge-based consultancies.
• Ability to capture ‘cross pollination’ from other market sectors in product design approach

Always willing to pass on his wealth of knowledge and experience, he is the reason why most of us wanted to join Round Peg in the first place!

Outside the office, Nick is always building or repairing something, from vintage motorcycles to building full scale replica 1909 monoplane.

Nick’s famous saying ..

“Let’s try to turn a negative into a positive.”

Rory Way

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Rory has been a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Round Peg since 2018, where he has taken on projects from steel towers to carbon fibre bike saddles. Previously working for a defence and security consultancy, then telecoms; Rory has a broad range of experience with small batch prototypes and test equipment to products for mass production. Outside the office Rory can be found brewing beer, doing one of many DIY projects or walking the dog, preferably to a nice country pub.

Josh Kerley

Mechanical Engineer

Josh is a mechanical engineer with experience working on projects in several sectors including industrial, medical devices and life sciences.

He joined Round Peg in April 2019 as a Junior Design Engineer, after graduating from the University of Portsmouth with an MEng in Mechanical Engineering. He is adept at breaking down technical problems, identifying constraints and developing effective solutions. His hobbies include badminton, climbing and cycling.

Terence Seow

Junior Design Engineer

Terence joined Round Peg in August 2020 as a Junior Design Engineer and works across a range of projects within sectors including medical devices, R&D rigs, and bespoke consumer products. He previously worked for The Imperial College Advanced Hackspace as a design consultant for start-ups and student-led projects. He holds a MEng in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London.

His role includes producing 3D SolidWorks models, technical drawings, DFMA, design calculations, liaising with clients and suppliers and supporting team design reviews. Outside of work, he can be found working on projects such as sumo-wrestling robots and Martian Rovers. He also enjoys dance, cooking, boxing and football.

Louise Ashford

Marketing Communications Manager

Louise joined Round Peg in November 2020, as our Marketing Communications Manager. This is a brand new position for the company where Louise is playing a pivotal role. She is working across multiple projects including marketing, website content, social media and business development.  Outside of work, Louise enjoys flower design and creating large displays for friend’s weddings, themed cooking, dancing, rugby, formula one and would love to plan a trip to Thailand and Japan for her next adventure.

Sophie Ward

HR Manager

Sophie is our HR Manager. She brings more than 15 years of diverse HR experience to the team, having worked in HR roles across various technical, industrial and scientific sectors. She is always on hand to support the team and dedicated to the success of the business. When not in the office she is mum to two energetic boys and can be regularly found out walking or, in the summer, pitching up in a campervan.