Asbestos
The Hidden Killer
A category one human carcinogen, responsible for 1 in 3 occupational cancers asbestos remains a very much a current threat despite its ban in many countries.
Used prolifically around the world in over 3,500 products, asbestos is most dangerous when damaged, disturbed or degraded and its toxic fibres released into the air where inhalation or ingestion can lead to several serious, often fatal diseases, such as mesothelioma, asbestosis, and other cancers.
Currently no real-time method exists to detect asbestos when it is actively airborne. Existing testing methods rely upon collecting air samples that reflects a snapshot in time with results that can take days to receive.
Our ambition is to provide a complimentary risk reduction tool alongside the current method. The ALERT PRO range of warning devices can help prevent prolonged unintentional exposure by providing a real-time alert (and downloadable data) when asbestos containing materials have been disturbed and fibres released.
- Asbestos-related diseases kill ~5,000 workers/ year in the UK
- 255,000 people die annually worldwide because of asbestos exposure
- Asbestos is the world’s biggest occupational killer
- 94% of UK mesothelioma cases are caused by workplace exposure
- 86% of UK schools contain asbestos
- 9 in 10 NHS hospital trust have asbestos
- Teachers & Nurses are 3-5x more likely to develop mesothelioma than the general public
- 50% of the world still actively use asbestos
- Buildings constructed pre-2000 could contain asbestos in Britain
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Alan Archer (ATL)
Founder & CEO
A serial entrepreneur, Alan has since developed and run The Select Group of Companies and Alert Technology over the past three decades. Previously Alan worked overseas in a number of senior sales and marketing positions in the USA. He has extensive experience in product design & development, manufacture, production, distribution, e-commerce and logistics. Alan has head Alert from the beginning acting as MD and his dedication to its success is a 24/7 passion. The driving force behind Alert's development and commercialization, Alan will oversee the project from a top-level through regular project, strategy and financial meetings with the COO and CTO requiring an estimated 25% of his time.
Loretta King (ATL)
Managing Director
Brings 25+ years of marketing, sales promotion and communications experience having worked agency side in both London and Melbourne, Australia on a number of high profile FMCG brands including Colgate, Nestle, Robinsons/ Britvic, The National Lottery, Kimberley Clarke and Starbucks. Loretta joined father, Alan at The Select Group in 2004 and became a Director in 2012. Heavily involved from the early stages of the EU FP7 Alert Project, Loretta has been full time with Alert Technology since 2016 initially as for whom she a permanent part of the key management team of Alert overseeing operations including: bid writing, fundraising, investor relations, sales, marketing, HR, and general business administration. In 2021 Loretta became Acting MD and is focused on the commercial launch of the ALERT, funding and the expansion of the team.
Reid Archer (ATL)
Director
A part-time member of the team, Reid brings 15 years business experience including graphic design, sales, marketing & e-commerce. Reid also heads Trade Counter Direct.com (part of The Select Group) which he developed from start-up to a turnover more than £5m. Responsible for securing licenses for the UK and the whole of Europe to produce and distribute 10+ products under the Turtle Wax brand. TCD could act as a future online sales channel for ALERT given its established industry partnerships.
Jonathan Synett (NCL)
NED – Investment Director
Investment Director on behalf of ATL’s initial cornerstone investor (Discovery Park Technology Investment Fund) - Jonathan is an experienced entrepreneur, investor and NED. Jonathan has acted as a director from investment through to exit on several successful SME’s and is an important part of ATL’s Board and strategic team.
Mike Watts (Fin Dept)
Finance Director
Part-time FD for Alert, Mike brings 25+ years' experience of the financial sector - both industry and practice. His strong leadership, communication and negotiation skills are matched with a background in the manufacturing sector - helping improve and futureproof Alert’s business processes. Mike also has experience preparing businesses for national and overseas investment and acquisition.
Ashley Unitt (ATL)
NED & CTO
Ashley is to join Alert in June 2020 as an NED and part-time CTO focused on the cloud data-platform for the PRO 2000 model. A cloud technology pioneer Ashley co-founded, scaled and sold one of the UK's most successful Software as a Service (SaaS) companies for $350m. His entrepreneurial vision and customer-centered principles propelled NewVoiceMedia from the garage to a global enterprise in a rewarding business journey spanning two decades. A passionate believer in the power of technology to improve people's lives, he now works as an adviser to tech startups and has invested personally into Alert.
Daniel Rushton
UK & EU Sales Manager
Mark Nichols
Senior Operations Manager
Tony Bolton
Snr Software Developer
Assoc Prof Chris Stopford
Scientific Adviser
Martin Kalisz
Development Engineer
Liz Hickey
Operations Engineer
Colin Brenton
Electronics Engineer
Ashley Jones
Graduate Software Engineer
Julie Gruit
HR & Comms
