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Fulford, Gb

Fulford, Gb

Responsible for the technical delivery of a portfolio of products and capabilities that deliver novel autonomy and AI driven systems to our customers. My diverse portfolio spans edge AI, UxV autonomy, mission systems, simulation and certifiable systems. I own our technology strategy and engineering process, ensuring we operate at the cutting edge while delivering systems that our customers can trust.

Leading the development of practical and assured UxV platforms and mission systems to realise the capability potential of autonomous systems.

Burton-On-Trent

Jan 2017 - present: Group Leader, Electronics - Software Engineering• Lead a rapidly growing group of embedded software engineers• Develop internal embedded software strategy and capability (people, tools, processes)• Conduct business development activities to win contracts• Provide technical leadership, supervise project delivery and manage commercial risk• The embedded software capability now generates work streams worth several million pounds per year to the company• Contribute to a number of working groups developing technical and commercial strategy on artificial intelligence, robotics and autonomous systems, open systems architectures and IEC 615082016: Senior Consultant2014-2015: ConsultantProjects worked on at Frazer-Nash include:• Collaborative research into safety arguments for autonomous systems utilising artificial intelligence• Development of a machine learning based logistics planning system and integration with unmanned ground and air vehicles• Full lifecycle software development of a safety critical defence control system using SCADE and Ada• Model-Based Systems Engineering of safety critical, high performance aerospace actuator system using SysML• Software assurance of naval ship equipment• Value for money assessment of the development of a major air traffic management software system• Development of a large functional integration facility for rolling stock using Model-Based Design techniques• Verification of a train control and management system• Functional Failure Analysis of a nuclear control systemOther interests:Programme Committee member for SafeAI 2019, the AAAI's Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Safety (https://safeai.webs.upv.es/)Programme Committee member for the 1st International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Safety Engineering (http://www.waise2018.com)

Bristol, United Kingdom

2012 - 2014: Principal Software Engineer• Led the UK software team in a tri-national programme to develop a generic air defence Command and Control (C2) product line and led the first software deployment in a ground based air defence system• Collaborated internationally and cross-functionally in a model-driven development approach• Deliveries on time & budget in challenging political and technical environment• Managed a team of 5 engineers and budgets of >€500k 2010-2012: Senior Software Engineer• Member of a joint engineering team to define how to maximise reuse of an existing product in a new naval air defence system• Supported or responsible for the specification of interfaces to RADAR / launcher / data link / missile / naval platform and changes to all key C2 subsystems• Led collaboration to define a new interface between the C2 and potential platform combat systems with the aim of reducing system integration costs to boost export potential of weapon system 2008-2010: Graduate Engineer• Software development of training system for naval air defence system (3 months)• Investigation into application of database technologies in C2 systems including prototyping and demonstration to MOD (3 months)• Mechanical and electrical design and construction of key equipment for a novel weapon system trial. Managed subcontractors & £80k budget. Supported the development of trials methodology and data capture (9 months)• Investigation into techniques for control handover of loitering munitions between command nodes (5 months)• Systems engineering lead for Concept Visions 2010 – the inaugural multi-national rapid development of a weapon system concept unveiled at Farnborough Air Show. The battlefield engagement concept attracted much attention at the show and in the industry press. Part of concept taken into full scale development (4 months)

Msc, Natural Computation, Distinction

Thesis: "Nature-Inspired Dimensionality Reduction and Feature Selection for Brain-Computer Interfaces" Other research interests include.

Bsc, Artificial Intelligence & Computer Science, First Class

Dissertation: "The Evolution of Self-Protection Mechanisms in Self-Replicating Systems"