Welcome to Filtration Matters, the regular podcast from BOFA, a world leader in portable fume and dust extraction. In this series, we’ll be exploring how innovations in filtration and extraction system design are helping improve productivity across multiple industry sectors, including in laser, 3D printing and electronics.
BOFA experts will discuss how advances in extraction technology are helping optimise manufacturing processes and product quality, while at the same time helping employers maintain a clean, healthy working environment.
EPISODES
OUR HOSTS
Josh Evans MEng (Hons) IChemE Applications Engineer and Head of Learning
Josh joined BOFA in 2017, with a solid foundation in fluid dynamics, particle mechanics and adsorption chemistry – the key components in any extraction system.
One of Josh’s key responsibilities is providing pre-sales technical advice to sales engineers and customers to determine which BOFA system is best for their specific application. As Head of Learning for the BOFA Academy, Josh develops and delivers training programmes both internally to BOFA employees, so they have a deeper understanding of the extractors we make, and externally to customers so that end users are provided with the best system for their application.
Dawn Hartung Strategic Account Manager
Dawn joined BOFA in 2021 with a background of strategic planning, key account management, channel partner strategy and product management.
Dawn has wealth of knowledge in additive manufacturing technology with experience in a variety of industries such as medical technology, food and beverage, automotive, and industrial automation.
Her responsibilities include supporting our global key accounts and providing guidance on BOFA fume extractors.
Geoff Sagar B Eng (Hons)Product Manager
Geoff joined BOFA in 2019 with over 25 years’ experience in the manufacturing sector, generally specialising in advanced engineering and manufacturing businesses.
Geoff started at BOFA as a Business Development Manager, providing support for our existing OEM and distribution channels, and helping to find the most appropriate product for the application to deliver the full solution. He now works as a Product Manager as part of a growing team to find and develop new opportunities, identify and implement new product features, and develop BOFA’s high-performance fume extraction technology.
Shravya Nahar B EngProduct Manager
Shravya joined BOFA in 2022 as a Product Manager with a background in the medical device industry and a BSC in bioengineering.
With a specialist knowledge of additive manufacturing and extraction technology, one of her responsibilities is to roadmap BOFA's 3D / AM product range. Taking on board customer feedback and market research, she helps to define the vision of our product lines.
Richard HeardTechnical Sales Manager
Richard has worked at BOFA for 15 years with roles in manufacturing, R&D, technical services, and sales. He has hands-on experience in despatch, new product development, manufacturing, and customer support.
Richard has a wealth of application and industry knowledge that he applies when assessing fume extraction requirements. He enjoys working closely with customers to identify possible solutions for their specific requirements.
Luke Ziolkowski Global Business Development Manager
Luke joined BOFA in 2017 with extensive experience in global business development. His area of expertise is additive manufacturing, therefore he works with industry leaders, OEMs, distributors and end-users to develop and integrate extraction solutions fit for the rapidly expanding industry.
Graham Mattok UK and Ireland Sales Manager
Graham joined BOFA in 2013, having worked within the fume extraction sector since 1999. He’s seen the industry diversify widely from the almost entirely electronics industry based focus of the late 90s.
Electronics continues to be a very important industry sector, and Graham sees this as being the case for many years to come. Graham’s portfolio of customers is very diverse across distribution, OEMs and their distributors that spread across the entire BOFA range of applications.
Geoff Hamilton International Sales Manager
Geoff joined BOFA in 2018 as an International Sales Manager with extensive business and account management expertise.
His responsibilities include global distribution and OEM account management.
Nigel Bedford Technical Development Manager
Nigel joined the BOFA team in 2022 coming from a highly regulated aerospace background where he led the EMEAi regional engineering team for Honeywell Aerospace, looking after both OEM and aftermarket activity. Before that, he led the entry into service for fuel tank inerting on Boeing 787 as well as enjoying 10 years in automotive R&D.
Nigel’s role in BOFA is to lead the development and entry to market of a novel filtration system for additive manufacturing processes, including reactive materials such as titanium.
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