Aled Williams is an experienced product design lecturer at Bangor University since November 2013 and has been a designer at TIDERACE SEA KAYAKS LIMITED since January 2007, focusing on new product development, quality assurance, and production across multiple international factories. Aled held the position of director at CWMNI CYNNAL from September 2009 to November 2013, leading a web developments agency that specialized in CRM creation, data capture, and distance learning platform management. Prior experience includes a director role at Rockpool Sea Kayaks Ltd and serving as head of the IT department at Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni. Aled's career began with freelance design and outdoor instruction from July 1990 to August 1993. Aled holds a PGCE in Technology & IT from Bangor University and a BA (Hons) in Product Design from Bristol Polytechnic.