{"id":465,"date":"2024-08-07T02:20:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T02:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsdoptronics.uk\/?page_id=465"},"modified":"2024-10-13T22:58:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T22:58:33","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsdoptronics.uk\/?page_id=465","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"465\" class=\"elementor elementor-465\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-494df2a0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"494df2a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:4,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a89889f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a89889f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35d9f092 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35d9f092\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Me<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22c03caa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22c03caa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am Principal Mechanical Engineer working in the space\/optical comms domain with my BEng in Product Design Engineering and over 18 years of combined experience in 3D modelling and solid product design and development. 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