Meet our Global Team

Gordon Styles started out his career in 1983, at the age of 18, as a machining apprentice at his Father’s ten person precision engineering company. By 21, after the death of his Father, Gordon became owner and Managing Director. After years of struggling in an economically backward and industrially declining area, Gordon discovered 3D printing and soon became a national fast-growth high-tech success story as STYLES Rapid Prototyping Limited.

In 2000, the renamed 73-person STYLES Rapid Product Development Limited was sold to Japanese rapid prototyper ARRK. Gordon then went on to found another more traditional engineering company investing most of the proceeds from the first company, but sadly it failed within a few years. Disillusioned with the direction that UK industry and politics was taking, and fearing a huge recession, Gordon decided to try his luck in China.

Founded as a 3D printing and CNC machining company in Hong Kong in 2005, and later in 2007 in Zhongshan China; Star Rapid has grown organically from a one-person trading company to a 300-person manufacturing company. Having appointed a full management board, including a new CEO, COO, and CFO, Gordon works as President and CTO of the company.

The goal now is to transform Star Rapid into a global example of excellence in Lean Manufacturing and Industry 4.0.

Originally from London, David has outstanding knowledge and know how of doing business in China, where he has resided since 2003. David has a proven track record of success in general management and has held senior positions in sales, marketing, business development and operations. A leader who commands respect from employees, customers and stakeholders, David is dynamic and forward thinking, striving always for continuous improvement in all aspects of business and business relationships.

Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and four children, traveling and playing sports. As CEO of Star, he plans to elevate the business by bringing additional customer focus along with implementing industry 4.0 and continuing to develop what is already a great team, ultimately leading to greater customer satisfaction, consistent world-class performance and enable Star to achieve sustainable growth.

Zak was born in New York. He grew up in suburban Long Island 45 miles outside of New York City where the majority of his family still resides.

Zak then moved to Boston, MA to attend Northeastern University where he studied Mechanical Engineering and Technological Entrepreneurship. While at Northeastern University Zak participated in the cooperative education system where he was involved in Research and Development for high performance alloy materials, Manufacturing for LED lighting, and Process Engineering for lithium ion batteries. In addition to the cooperative education program, Zak was an Advanced Concepts Engineer within the commercial aerospace industry. He also started, operated, and grew an asphalt resurfacing company with an innovative go-to-market Google Maps based strategy.

After college, Zak moved to California to pursue his professional and personal passions of technology and an outdoor lifestyle. In his free time you can find him surfing, snowboarding, hiking, bike riding and traveling.

Zak has a passion for using innovation and engineering to help solve the world’s most challenging problems; in effect making the world a better place. At Star Rapid, Zak has the opportunity to make the greatest positive impact by helping turn your ideas, concepts, and projects into a reality in an array of different industries. Zak knew Star Rapid was exceptional from the first conversation with the management team because they have built a company culture that always puts quality of the product and care for every employee first.

Angela began working at Star Rapid in August 2015 as the Global Marketing Director.

She holds an Bachelors Degree in Social Science, a postgraduate degree in Public Relations and is now undertaking her MBA part-time. She has more than 13 years of experience using her creative marketing skills in a range of countries including Australia, Japan and Tanzania, China and Hong Kong. While in Tanzania, Angela was the marketing manager for a large not for profit school, The School of St Jude. During her time there she used her marketing skills to raise urgently needed funds to provide a free, high-quality education to students while raising awareness of the importance of education in fighting poverty.

She brings that same professionalism and drive for excellence to the team at Star Rapid.

David started his journey at Star Rapid in March of 2017. Prior to joining Star he served a range of multinational companies across various industries. David has played a critical role in facilitating business growth through initiating HR projects and programs to engage and retain talent. He also has substantial experience in developing the capabilities of organizations.

David holds a Masters degree from the University of Wales, UK, and has spent the last few years improving his skills and knowledge through participating in several cutting-edge HR workshops.

“Working for Star Rapid is a really exciting opportunity and we have a lot of exciting possibilities ahead of us. Let us work together to make a difference”, David said.