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, Gordon works as President and CEO of the company.

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

Michele Mascolo joined Star Rapid in March 2020 as Global Marketing Director.

Michele spent 8 years as a B2B marketer in China, crafting and executing long-term online and offline strategies to help companies raise awareness and drive engagement. Michele’s strengths are social media marketing, website optimization, UX/UI and content strategy.

Michele is originally from Italy, and has lived in the London, Munich, Beijing and Shanghai.

Elaine Du joined Star Rapid in July 2018 as the HR & Finance Director. Elaine is from Shaanxi Province and studied International Accounting at Jilin University of Finance and Economics. She relocated to Zhuhai in 2002 and received her MBA from Jinan University in 2016.

She has a wealth of experience working in foreign-owned enterprises helping to control budgets, reduce costing and streamline financial operations. We know that she will be able to bring these same skills to Star.

In her spare time she goes to the gym and stays in shape with a private trainer. Elaine says, “Keeping fit has many benefits, but to me it’s more about reducing stress.”

David “Dave” Moir, from Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK, has 25 years experience in Plastic Injection Mold Tool making.  Prior to joining Star in 2011, Dave worked for one of the most respected Rapid Tooling companies in the UK, designing and making injection mold tools to tight deadlines for some of the biggest companies in the world.  Dave has also worked in new product development and mold making for a medical device manufacturer and designing molds and programming 5 Axis machining centres for a specialist thermoforming Manufacturer.  

Today, once again serving some of the biggest companies in the world, Dave mentors a specialized team of toolmakers in Star’s Rapid Tooling department, set up by himself and our CEO and Founder Gordon Styles.  Dave is always available to help and advise our clients and support our sales team.

Ellen Huang is the supervisor of the QAL department at Star Rapid. Ellen joined Star in 2012 and has ten years of experience in quality control systems and management.

She focuses on quality risks, quality inspection, gage repeatability and reproducibility (GR & R), drawing reviews, process control and PDCA – all in the name of ensuring consistent product quality. She is dedicated to leading the QAL team to provide an efficient and professional service while always adopting the latest in inspection methodology

Ken Adams, from the town of Clydebank, Scotland, joined Star Rapid as Toolmaking and Plastic Injection Molding Consultant in 2013. Ken has abundant experience in tool designing, tool making and plastic injection molding. He gained his Higher National Certificate after finishing the five-year apprenticeship program when he was twenty-one. An HNC combined with a hands-on apprenticeship was often considered a more useful qualification than an engineering degree.

Ken has worked for many companies in different countries, holding senior management positions leading design and manufacturing teams. New product introduction was his main focus and plastic moulding, metal pressing and metal casting were the main processes used. Now he is a consultant at Star Rapid as a mentor and advisor to our moulding and project management teams.

Eric Li joins Star Rapid as our assistant Engineering Manager. Eric has a bachelor’s degree in Polymer Materials and Engineering and has 10 years’ experience in new product introduction.

Eric combines his in-depth knowledge of material properties with the requirements of good tool design. His design for manufacturing expertise will help customers to improve their designs so that they can realize their product development goals quickly and efficiently