
Lead R&D Systems Engineer at GD
United Kingdom

Lead R&D Systems Engineer at GD
United Kingdom
A lifetime of developing software systems in some very interesting and diverse places and companies to give people better, faster access to better data to improve their work.
Now developing overarching 'approach frameworks' for developing architectural frameworks, used in turn to develop useful information sharing systems in military tactical networks.
Enterprise Architectures, Disadvantaged Networks, Distributed Military Operational Pictures, Tactical Networks, Semi-autonomous Area Surveillance
(Public Company; GD; Defense & Space industry)
2006 — Present (4 years )
Lead Pontificator in enterprise R&D.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
August 2002 — December 2005 (3 years 5 months)
AstroGrid software engineer at Royal Observatory
(Military industry)
January 2003 — April 2003 (4 months)
Deployed to Iraq for Op Telic 1, attached to 16 Air Assault
(Aviation & Aerospace industry)
January 1998 — July 2002 (4 years 7 months)
Variously developer, technical lead, design authority and project manager on satellite control systems
(Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)
1992 — 1997 (5 years )
Developed software to - amongs other things - automate office processes, support car race rally times, transport tea and cement and record camel health and breeds
Astrophysics , Physics and Astronomy , 1989 — 1991
It's a degree in Astrophysics. What more needs to be said?