Alphacam appoints sales and technical staff, with more to come

Having seen its business rise by double figures during the last two years, Alphacam appointed a UK sales manager in early 2013 and is restructuring its territories. Says general manager Nick Spurrett: "We're increasing our team, giving area managers more time with individual customers." David McIntyre joins as area sales manager for Ireland and Scotland, from a customer in Ireland, where he worked with Alphacam on bespoke commercial furniture and joinery. "Having been an Alphacam end-user for several years, I became interested in its applications across a number of industries." He is a graduate of the world-renowned Letterfrack furniture college – itself a major user of Alphacam. His career began as a furniture designer, before moving into production, eventually becoming production manager of Glenn Wood Tullamore, in Co. Offaly, working extensively with CNC machines and Alphacam. Mr Spurrett says: "David's good working knowledge of the furniture industry, along with his experience of both design and manufacturing, and 10 years CNC programming with Alphacam, make him ideal to show manufacturers how the software can program any component in any material." Also joining the sales team is Shaun Boit. Before originally joining Alphacam in 2006 as a technical support engineer, he worked as a joiner and wood machinist for 20 years. He moved into Alphacam sales in 2008, also working with sister Vero brand Cabinet Vision, switching to Cabinet Vision full time in 2012. He now returns to Alphacam, saying: "From small scale projects through to the most complex, Alphacam has a module for everything, providing a complete customer-focused solution which is both flexible and easy to use. This is the most exciting time in its history and I want to be part of it." Spurrett comments: "We're very pleased to have Shaun back. He joins Clifford Ashwin and Martin Measures, covering one of our new, three smaller territories in England and Wales." Paul Green is another returning face, taking on an additional applications engineer role, encompassing Alphacam support, handling customer enquiries, and visiting customers to configure and test post processors. Completing a machine tool setter apprenticeship, he began programming, setting and running CNC lathes, becoming an applications engineer, first for Emco lathes, then Alphacam for 11 years. Having spent the last 12 months writing post-processors for another software developer, he also now returns to Alphacam. "It's simple to use, but is flexible enough to handle a specific customer's individual requirements. Having programmed, set up and run machines, I understand customers' needs and expectations, and my Alphacam knowledge will help me to meet and exceed those expectations." Concludes Mr Spurrett: "As the sales team grew, we also needed to expand the technical team. With his 27 years' experience of CNC machines and extensive Alphacam background, Paul is a great asset to have back, and to fill this additional role." Alphacam says it will be announcing new recruits to its growing development team shortly.