Rose Mary Stalker MIMechE (born 22 May 1964)[1] is a Northern Irish mechanical engineer who was the project manager for the launch of the Ford Focus in 1998.[2]
Early life
She grew up in Belfast, where she attended an all-girls school. She gained a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from Queen's University Belfast (QUB) in 1985. At QUB she was the only female studying Mechanical Engineering.
Career
BP
She joined BP in 1985.
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Ford
She moved to Ford in 1988 as a CAD-CAM specialist. She worked at the Dunton Technical Centre (Small & Medium Vehicle Centre) in Essex. She worked as a powertrain engineer at Dunton. She moved to Ford in the USA in 1999.[3] She became a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in May 1995.[4]
Boeing
She moved to Boeing in 2002.
Rolls Royce
She moved to Rolls-Royce in 2003. She left Rolls-Royce in 2008.
Catagen
She currently works for Catagen. She is a director of Invest Northern Ireland and Catalyst Inc.[5]
Personal life
She married and had a son around 1988, and a daughter around 1991. She lived in the south of Essex. She moved back to Northern Ireland in 2003.
See also
- Chris Svensson, designer of the 1990s Ford Ka.
- John Oldfield (engineer), project manager of the Ford Mondeo in the early 1990s.
References
- ^ "Rose Mary STALKER - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
- ^ English, Andrew (17 January 2018). "Where are the people who designed the original Ford Focus?" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "FARENDEN: MORE WOMEN NEEDED".
- ^ The Times, 23 May 1995, page 23
- ^ Ireland, Invest Northern. "Our Board". www.investni.com.