David Hewitt served his time in the military and commercial aerospace industry and spent thirty-seven years in manufacturing and assembly. He achieved HND qualification and a Cranfield Fellowship in engineering. David held the position of quality director in the early 1990s in Manchester, UK, before leaving in 2001 to set up Aragon Consulting Services Limited. Since then, Aragon Consulting has serviced (and continues to do so) the quality management systems of many customers throughout the north of England and in Europe, working with Airbus in Toulouse and Universal Alloy Corporation Europe in Romania as director of quality.