Experience

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  Astroscale

  • Harwell Campus, England, United Kingdom

  • Ground Systems Group Manager

    • Jul 2022 - Present
    • Harwell Campus, England, United Kingdom

    Responsible for managing and leading the core engineering groups - Ground Systems, Simulation and Flight Dynamics teams - for the successful delivery of innovative orbital debris removal projects, including:- ADRAS-J: active debris removal demonstrator - ELSA-m: multi-mission end of life spacecraft de-orbiting service

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  CIRRUS CONSULTING LTD

  • Director

    • Nov 2018 - Present

    - Senior Business Advisor for an innovative – AI enabled – Earth Observation space mission system (AIX) for Planetek Italia - Providing consultancy and advisory services to a number of investment clients: PE, Investment Banks. Subjects covered: aerospace industry trends, aerospace product development and market positioning, aerospace company capabilities, aviation market trends during Covid19 pandemic and forecasts moving forward- Providing consultancy for funding strategies for R&D for innovative aerospace solutions

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  Planetek Italia

  • Senior Business Advisor

    • Jul 2021 - Jun 2022

    Successfully delivered the revamped Business Plan for the innovative AI-enabled Earth Observation (EO) space mission AI express (AIx). This included:o Complete reworking of the business strategyo Analysis of market drivers, definition of customer segments and value propositionso Defining the product development strategyo Establishing the product pricing and costingo Re-baselining the financial forecast, with a focus on reaching sustainable business model

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  Rolls-Royce

  • United Kingdom
  • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Chief of Systems Engineering & Programme Management in Engineering

    • Nov 2016 - Nov 2018

    - Successfully turned around a low performing & dysfunctional group into a high performing and respected engineering team that is sought out by engine development programmes by recruiting capable staff across Derby and Bangalore to match engine programmes’ demands (from 12 to 32 staff)- Pioneered the use of Systems Engineering and Technical Programme Management industry best practice to deliver 300% improvement in quality of requirements and designs with respect to customer needs- Introduced good governance and quality metrics to reduce / eliminate rework and to bring engine programmes back in line- Successfully deployed requirements management software to align requirements to engineering designs that are embraced by engine development programmes

  • Chief Business Architect

    • Apr 2011 - Oct 2016

    - Successfully defined Integrated Production System (IPS) framework to achieve best in class programme performance and to deliver £ 655 m operational cost savings - Delivered the Target Operating Model (TOM) to define the scope and capabilities, and implemented Top-Down Business Metrics to drive 20% Return on Sales- Delivered the 3 year IPS strategy roadmap for the Civil Aerospace business and led 40+ project team for the definition of the Business Requirements - Re-wrote Business Definition Document for the biggest Trent engine development programme- Developed and implemented new lean process & governance for engineering concessions between Siemens and Rolls-Royce, leading 50% average reduction in concessions turn-around time.- Designed the framework to establish the fair market value of intellectual property prior to sale to Siemens

  • Lead Business Analyst

    • Apr 2009 - Apr 2011

    - Established IT investment portfolio and Governance (£ 50 m pa) for the Civil Aerospace Business- Led team of 8 Business Analysts, undertook business capability gap analyses and determined investment priorities and roadmaps- Led workstream for requirements and scope management for the Seletar campus (Singapore) IT programme (cross-business, cross-function programme, £ 13 m IT investment)

  • Head of Software Development

    • Nov 2004 - Mar 2009

    - Established Controls Global Methods & Tools strategy using best practices- Defined £9 m IT investment to deliver integrated suite for the development of control systems- Successfully managed software tool vendors, delivering 15% cost saving licence agreements- Provided advice and governance to York University on research in Software & Systems Engineering- Managed 8 staff in Methods & Tools and 6 staff in Controls IT

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  cellent

  • Hüttlingen & Stuttgart, Germany

  • Head of Software Development

    • Dec 2002 - Aug 2004
    • Hüttlingen & Stuttgart, Germany

    - Commercial Power of Attorney for Business Unit with P&L responsibility (2003 turnover: € 8 m; 100 staff).- Profit & Loss accountability for the Software Development Department: (2003 turnover € 2.8 m, 35+ technical staff, based on 2 sites: Stuttgart and Hüttlingen)- Reduced re-work (from over 20% in 2003 down to ca. 4% in 2004) and increased project volumes (50-75% higher income volumes with respect to original pricing) - Successful renegotiated existing customer contracts (EADS, Carl Zeiss, Voith), ensuring profitability

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  Twinwave GmbH

  • Frankfurt Am Main, Germany

  • Technical Director

    • Jan 1997 - Sep 2002
    • Frankfurt Am Main, Germany

    - Defined and successfully implemented business strategy (data centres, wide area networks, B2B portals) - Prepared and submitted investment plans to VC’s and investment banks (Funding achieved: € 1.8 m)- Successfully proposed, negotiated and managed contracts with major customers (€ 2+ m value- Successfully managed contracts with vendors (eg. major carriers, IT vendors), achieving up to 60% price reduction and improved SLA’s- Recruited and managed 20+ engineering staff (recruited directly from UK, Germany and India)

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  EUMETSAT

  • Darmstadt, Germany

  • Project Manager

    • Jan 1993 - Feb 2000
    • Darmstadt, Germany

    Facility Manager / Ground Segment Engineer for the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Meteorological Product Extraction Facility (MPEF) (1996-2000):- Successfully delivered a World Class satellite meteorological data processing facility for the European weather forecasting community (software development and hardware procurement contract, € 8 m) - Managed international MPEF team (EUMETSAT & Prime Contractor).- Successfully implemented pioneering meteorological data algorithms Ground Segment Engineer for the MSG satellite system / definition phase (1993-1996):- Successfully delivered MSG Ground segment architecture, including scoping of MSG Facilities (control centre, ground station, computing facilities, network, etc) for open tender. Total value: €110m

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  European Space Agency

  • Darmstadt, Germany

  • Ground Systems Engineer

    • Nov 1986 - Dec 1992
    • Darmstadt, Germany

    System Engineer: - Successfully defined ground segment concepts of space missions of the European Space Agency (ESA)- Successfully conducted technical evaluation of ground segment feasibility studies, including: XMM-Newton Mission, Prisma Mission, Herschel Mission, Integral MissionSystem Engineer: Definition and coordination of the ESOC study programme (1986-1990)- Successfully managed R&D programme for ESA’s operations centre. Budget: € 2 m pa