I am a creator and developer of technological solutions with over 25 years professional commercial experience focusing on emerging fields where rapid R&D plays a critical role in building a path to success.In my current role as CEO & CTO of Department 13 I have been privileged to lead a team of incredibly talented and dedicated people as we strive to provide clients with the tools they need to operate effectively in a world with a rapidly increasing number of threats presented by unauthorised drone flights.I believe strongly in an honest assessment of one's own technology. Capability transparency and acknowledging the limitations of a technology is critical to both the successful use of a product by the client as well as ongoing improvement of the product by the engineers. I prefer to achieve this by moving rapidly with a focus on MVC (Minimum Viable Capability) which get solutions to the client sooner with clearly a defined roadmap for product enhancement.I believe in product longevity and backwards compatibility. As technologists, our aim should not be for our business models to depend on planned obsolescence. We must build durable products that last, can be upgraded, and continue to provide service for as long as possible.Skills: • Creation and implementation of commercially viable solutions for unique problem sets • Low level software engineering across a vast array of platforms and languages • Discrete and continuous signal processing in audio and radio frequency domains • End-to-end technical leadership from idea conception to on-the-shelf product