Handpicked to play a critical role in an LTE-based emergency services communications programme with national reach. Responsible for ownership and construction of the technical architecture of interworking, DNSP and control rooms. Technical authority for the £multi-million related interworking project which is essential to the transition from the legacy narrowband network to broadband services. Remit includes requirements definition, processes and supplier management. Leader of a small, focused team. • Key driving force behind delivery of next generation emergency services mobile communications system for the 3 emergency services (police, fire and rescue, and ambulance) and other public safety users.• Successfully advancing the Interworking workstream, a world leading technological challenge; although ongoing the project is currently on track.• Providing a solution to enable network interworking between the legacy Tetra airwave system and Emergency Services Network ESN LTE network.• Governing the deployment, configuration, integration and testing of public network services provided by the DNSP into the ESN.• Ensuring the work complies to best practice, security, legal and policy standards by providing best in class technical advice and support.

Tasked to develop and optimise the security and smart systems business within Selex, leveraging technical and commercial aptitude. Market development and market facing activities were a key focus, including representing the business to industry leaders and government representatives. Required to set strategy and develop new ideas, concepts and detailed technical proposals. The role operated in close conjunction with a broad stakeholder network, internal and external. Managed a 5-strong technical bid team.• Lead Engineer for a bid for a £multi-billion government project in partnership with British Telecom and for a combined LTE and TETRA airborne solution as part of an A2G service for the UK ESN.• Enabled programme delivery of new public safety LTE technology through the Selex Perseus product range., operating in a support capacity.• Advanced business development goals; developed concepts and technical bids/proposals for Selex ES in close collaboration with Selex Development Team based in Florence, Genoa and Milan.• Increased the competitive edge of the business, with critical input into Selex product development, supporting 3GPP, ETSI and TCCA representatives.• Led the team in hitting £multi-million Selex-ES targets within the Security and Smart Systems market sectors, contributing strongly to ongoing profitability and revenue growth.

Led and directed a first-rate support service provided to the regional business development teams. Accountable for the planning and implementation of core and radio access networks, sub-systems and subscribers across 3g/4g, TETRA, HF, UHF, WLAN and SATCOM. Lead Engineer for major bids, managing 2 x Trials Engineers and 2 x Bid Engineers.• Optimised Exelis Defence product offer as technical SME during design, development and rollout of structured engineering solutions; notably involved in the development of 3rd party applications to improve existing product.• Key catalyst behind sales results and revenue generation, delivering comprehensive support on pre-sales operations, including ownership of trials and demonstration projects.• Pivotal role in the acquisition of a teaming agreement with an international security network provider for SpearNet radio.• Won a £multi-million contract for a high-capacity data radio to the Royal Danish Army and subsequently spearheaded technical integration and successful delivery.• Lead Engineer on the UK MoD ESII study tasks for interoperability, generic waveform portability and also porting of the HCDR waveform to a software defined (SCA compliant) platform.• Delivered a strong bid response for a £12m European Defence contract, including a short-listed equipment trial.• Central to a £multi-million bid for the MoD with an iridium netted solution and waveform porting under SCA guidelines and a successful £multi-million bid and deployment of a European military communications product.

Defined the design process and project costs for each site on a 3,500-site rollout of a single click device used to make telephone calls over an IP network and mobile network. The role demanded specialist knowledge of WLAN technologies in the design and rollout of 802 11b/g/n systems. Managed a team of 10 x Field Support Engineers and 2 RF Planners.• Primary driver of a large-scale, complex technology rollout, incorporating Dublin Terminal 2, BrightHouse logistic support centres and public retail sites.• Enabled seamless rollout of the indoor wireless network, with a fundamental role in the development of a new methodology to automate all design, planning and management processes, while enabling full performance analysis.• Senior accountability for the coordination of all RF coverage analysis using IBWave RF-vu and Ekahua Site Survey design tools.

Awarded accountability for the analysis, quality assurance and documentation of new features and parameters on a £multi-million secure digital radio network for voice and data communications.• Technical Lead for the implementation of the resilient Satellite (VSAT) GBM solution covering a number of remote sites.

Within the Major Projects support group assigned to Public Safety projects worldwide for development, implementation, and deployment of integrated processes; establishing a system of monitoring metrics, identifying process improvement opportunities; and leading the Engineering Process within the projects in early rollout phases. Continued support to the projects is carried out within a Solutions Architect role for problem solving elements. Supporting engineer for data applications testing within the subscriber development team, providing engineering feedback for functional specifications through to the support of production and installation in the field, across voice, short data and packet data applications.

Member of the Tetra Design TeamWorking with RF Network Planning department, RF and Network Optimisation GSM, 3g - o2, Orange, Vodafone

Electronics support engineer -

The role involved maintaining the Royal Navy’s hi-tech weapons, sensors and communications equipment to the highest standards to ensure they are always in the best working order for all conditions.Primary focus and additional training was on electronic warfare systems.