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https://www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk/eee/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2020/09/uom-sign-web.jpg1400400Gary Preston is one of our brilliant Electrical and Electronic Engineering alumni who is now the Connections Team Manager at TNEI in Manchester. We caught up with him to find out how his time studying at Manchester prepared him for his career, and hear about why he loves being an Electrical and Electronic engineer!