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Robert Thompson is an engineer and manager by education; quality, safety and environmental professional by experience and statistical enthusiast out of necessity. He believes that although it is easy to lie with statistics it is hard to tell the truth without them. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) degree from the University of Northumbria, a Master of Science degree in Total Quality Safety & Environmental Management from the Open University & a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Durham along with several other qualifications.

After completing a mechanical and production engineering apprenticeship with a turbine-generator manufacturer, he moved into planning for the offshore industry, followed by a move into quality for a consulting firm which specialised in the turnkey construction of combined cycle gas turbine power stations across Europe. Next he helped to establish a high-volume electronics company as a manager responsible for all aspects of quality, safety and environmental issues and then finally to a filter manufacturing company in NE England.

He is an European Foundation For Quality Management Business Excellence Assessor, Six Sigma Black Belt, Member of the Chartered Institute of Quality Assurance, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Senior Member of the American Society for Quality, Lead Environmental and Quality Systems Assessor and also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Management.

He became interested in interested in social justice, philosophy and eco-socialist ideas following on from his MSc. According to Moral Politics he is a moderate socialist:

a variation of Socialism that blends NonConformance and Interdependence in moderation.People in this category will tend to have have balanced and moderate opinions about loosening the moral order (gay rights, ecology, drug legalization,...) and about expanding collective initiatives (social programs, industry regulation...).

And personality-wise, he's an:

ISTJ - "Trustee". Decisiveness in practical affairs. Guardian of time- honored institutions. Dependable. 11.6% of total population.

= Stability (53%) medium which suggests you average somewhere in between being calm and resilient and being anxious and reactive.
= Orderliness (63%) moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly organized, reliable, neat, and hard working at the expense of flexibility, efficiency, spontaneity, and fun.
= Extraversion (43%) moderately low which suggests you are reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and secretive.

Finally, according to BeliefNet, he is atheist or possibly a secular humanist.