Experience

Millbrook

• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Key Account Manager Defence

  • Jan 2021 - Present

• Key Account Manager Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

  • Jul 2018 - Feb 2021

  Business development for Millbrook's growing CAV testbed, simulation capability and 5G test site



Millbrook Proving Ground

• Programme Manager Technical Demonstrator for Hybrid Military Vehicles

  • Feb 2020 - Present

  The MOD Technical Demonstrator 06 programme is designed to provide information to Army Headquarters on the benefits and disbenefits of vehicle hybridisation. It will convert 3 military vehicles using different types of serial hybrid powertrains using commercially available systems in order to evaluate vehicle performance, demonstrate capabilities and determine the enhancements required for military use. The programme involves input from 7 companies in addition to various MOD agencies.



Millbrook Proving Ground

• Programme Manager Testing Advice and Trialling Arrangement

  • Apr 2016 - Jul 2018

  Programme manager for a £14 million contract with Defence Equipment and Support for automotive advice and trials. Acting as single point of contact for tasking, liaising with MOD, Millbrook staff and sub contractors. Individual accountability for programme management including achievement of key performance measures. Provision of system requirement and automotive engineering advice and support. Project management of sub contractors.



Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S)

• United Kingdom
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Resources and Plans

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2016

  Bristol, United Kingdom Supporting the Chief of Materiel (Land) with financial planning and assurance of his £30Bn programme. Individual responsibility for management and reporting of Quarterly Reviews and processing programme change. Acting as a conduit between DE&S Central Staff and Army-facing Capability Operating Centres, ensuring consistency with other Capability environments and providing support to Army HQ in financial planning for its Equipment Programme.



Joint Force Support Afghanistan

• Equipment Capability Lead

  • May 2013 - Nov 2013

  Afghanistan Equipment Capability lead staffing Urgent Operational Requirements and fielding equipment for UK forces in Afghanistan. With a staff of 10 specialist desk officers providing expert advice to operational troops and leading the fielding of equipment and modifications as well as running the Redeployment and Regeneration of all vehicles and major equipment. Personal responsibility for in-theatre force protection policy and waivers.



ISTAR Capability Branch

• UAS Capability Sponsor

  • Nov 2009 - May 2013

  London, United Kingdom UK MOD lead and sponsor for intelligence and surveillance collection systems in the Land environment, with individual responsibility for unmanned air vehicles and supervision of ground surveillance and electronic warfare systems.



Special Projects Search and Countermeasures/Force Protection IPT

• Programme Manager/Head of Integration

  • Jan 2007 - Nov 2009

  Responsible for integration of complex electronic systems onto military vehicles, ensuring interoperability with communications and vehicle systems. Sponsor of DEFSTAN 61-5 power standards for military vehicles and key stakeholder for DEFSTAN 59-411 EMC standards for land systems. Start up programme manager for Land base ISTAR and Military Working Dogs. Senior staff officer for Head of MoD DE&S Counter IED.



NATO Headquarters

• Senior Strategic Planner

  • May 2006 - Nov 2006

  Sarajevo Working in a US led headquarters with a staff of Danish, French, Slovakian and Dutch officers, I was the author of the NATO Strategic Plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina for the next 10 years. This was an innovative change plan incorporating considerable international and political engagement. I was also the primary interface for planning with the neighbouring European Force Headquarters.



the Army's Surveillance and Target Acquisition Regiment

• Executive Officer/Second in Command

  • Aug 2005 - May 2006

  Catterick



Indirect Fire Precision Attack Programme, Defence Procurement Agency

• Assistant Project Manager

  • Aug 2003 - Aug 2005



P Battery

• Battery Commander

  • Aug 2001 - Aug 2003

  Commander of a Surveillance and Target Acquisition Battery of 126 personnel including an operational tour in the infantry role



Joint Services Command and Staff College

• Student Advanced Command and Staff Course

  • Sep 2000 - Aug 2001



Cranfield University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Master of Science

  • Sep 1999 - Sep 2000

  All aspects of military technology, specialising in Computer Modelling and Simulation



British Forces Gibraltar

• Management Planner

  • Jul 1998 - Sep 1999



5 Regt RA

• Fellow Officer

  • 1988 - 1991