Gary Abbott Email & Phone Number

Middleton, GB

Andover, England, United Kingdom

Andover/Lakeside, Cosham

Directing the Neptune DSG Programme - the design, development and implementation of the replacement ERP (SAP) system for DSG. Leading a team of Functional Business SMEs and working with the Corporate IS team to deliver a multi £m change programme.

Andover

Responsible for management and delivery of the DSG Transformation Plan. Coordinating internal and external transformation projects to provide more effective and efficient support services to the Armed Forces. Shaping the business to deliver fleet services across the Land environment and making DSG more competitive in the delivery of assembly, integration.

Andover, United Kingdom

Responsible for identifying and securing the future direction of the Defence Support Group, currently a Trading Fund of the MOD. Working with Customers and wider defence stakeholders to shape DSG for potential sale as part of the Government initiative to dispose of MoD owned assets. Lead for development of the DSG 5 year Corporate Strategic Plan, shaping.

Bath/Bristol/Andover United Kingdom

Responsible for the demonstration & implementation of Flexible Ways of Working across the DE&S. A change programme, which included the delivery of new ways of working and a modern more flexible working environment; delivery of the £8.6m programme with stakeholders including DE&S Project Teams, Defence Estates, Facilities Management, Information Support.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for providing internal professional management consultancy within the MOD in support of end to end Business Process Reviews as agreed by MOD and the Departmental Spending Review. Team Leader for the Review of Policy Direction & Project Support for Private Finance Initiatives in Defence, the Strategic Review of ABRO & the Defence Aviation Repair.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for development of International Training Policy in support of UK Defence Diplomacy and wider British interests military objectives. Editor of Joint Service Publication (JSP) 510 for International Defence Training.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Maritime UAV Project Manager responsible for development and co-ordination of MUAV programme including development of the User Requirements Document (URD). Technical lead on WATCHKEEPER for the areas of interoperability, C4I interfacing and digitisation. NATO Project Group-35 Team Lead for development of UAV Control System STANAG 4586 with technical.

Dahlgren, Virginia, USA

Seconded to US Department of Defense's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Tactical Control System (TCS) program developing C4I interfaces for the US family of UAVs including Predator, Outrider, Pioneer and Global Hawk. Program & technical lead for £2.4m UK acquisition of TCS. Responsible for the development of land and sea trials for US Navy and NATO UAV.

Abbey Wood, Bristol

Responsible for Surface Ship Command and Control System design and research activities including the development of Maritime Unmanned Air Vehicle concepts working with the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) at Portsdown West.

Various UK And US

Defence Engineering & Science Group (DESG) Graduate Engineer. Training placements including:- DRA Bedford, Flight Simulation and Control research- ARE Portland, Submarine Command & Control System design- British Defence Staff (Washington DC), UK/US Collaborative Maritime Research Programmes - HMS INVINCIBLE, Joint Maritime Course (JMC 96/1)- Babcock Rosyth.

Sea Systems Controllerate Foxhill Bath

Project officer for the development and implementation of the VANGUARD class submarine Interim Deperming Facility at Faslane. Responsible for the procurement of electrical and marine engineering services and deperming trials on HMS SPARTAN and HMS VANGUARD.

Devonport Royal Dockyard

MOD Trainee Technician Engineer. Apprentice training and repair/refit of Royal Navy Surface Ships and Submarines. Preparation of vessels for Op GRANBY Gulf War 1 and decommisioning of the nuclear attack submarine HMS WARSPITE.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Defence Studies

Studies included Global and Regional Security, Command & Leadership, Strategic and Operational Decision Making, Defence Management.

Leadership In Defence

MOD sponsored leadership course for Band B civil servants

Advanced Command & Staff Course (Acsc9), International Diplomacy, Leadership, Campaigning, Defence Management, Maritime Warfare., Psc(J)

The Advanced Command and Staff Course (ACSC) is an annual 46 week course, for mid career officers from the UK Armed Services.

Certified Management Consultant, Business And Management Consultancy, Cmc

Formal interview and review of a portfolio of evidence based on MOD Internal Management Consultancy reviews and continued professional.

Beng (Hons), Electrical And Electronic Engineering, 2:1

Activities and Societies: University of Plymouth Golf Club MOD Sponsored Student Engineer

Higher National Diploma, Electrical And Electronic Engineering, Distinction

Gcse A And O Levels