Rose Mary Farenden (born 22 May 1964) is a Northern Irish mechanical engineer who was the project manager for the launch of the Ford Focus in 1998.[1]
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.
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.[2] She became a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in May 1995.[3]
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.[4]
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
- ^ 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.
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