Ian Gladding Email & Phone Number

New Zealand

Wellington Region, New Zealand

Regional Director for Wellington. Family Business NZ provides tailored education programs, networking opportunities and invaluable resources to its members.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Employed by New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) as a Programme Delivery Manager – Internal Projects in Capability Branch. I have also worked in the Defence Logistics environment where I was the Equipment Manager for a number of years looking after the Land environments Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Night Vision capabilities.

Bath, United Kingdom

Project Manager for the procurement of STANO equipment to the UK Armed Forces (circa NZD40 Million projects). Contract negotiations for Procurement and Support packages for STANO equipment.Developed the technical Safety Case for the whole range of Night Vision devices to bring them into Service.Project Officer for Navy on the design of a Through Life Management Plan for the Platform Management System (PMS) used on the new Landing Platform Dock vessels. Including development of the Risk Management System and Safety Case preparation for the PMS.Project Team Member at the Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA) responsible for migrating the manufacturing and assembly work shop into the custom built facilities being constructed (NZD160 Million Project). Design the layout of the new DARA facilities, meeting specific building regulations and safety standards included liaison with each Department to coordinate the transfer to the new facilities without hindering the repair work presently being carried out on the Tornado aircraft.Project Officer working with the Navy’s Submarine “Trafalgar Class” Integrated Project Team. Established the Safety Case and Minor Trials of the Message Handling System as part of the communications capability platform and developed the Risk Register as part of the Inmarsat Satellite project for that platform.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Responsible for the day to day issues on the water cooled alternator production line. Developed on-line Statistical Production Control automated system for the rectifier line; which enabled line workers and supervisors to carry out routine quality control tasks during shifts; in a quarter of the time required, and reduced the risk of human errors in calculations. Developed and produced standard operating procedures for assembly and manufacturing lines – water cooled alternator.

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom / The Hague, Netherlands

Assistant Private Secretary to Minister for Trade - providing executive support functions to both Government Minister and Department Executives.Assistant Private Secretary to Chair and Vice-Chairman of British Overseas Trade Board – providing executive support functions.Commercial Attaché in the British Embassy in The Hague providing technical reports and identifying opportunities for UK exporters.Export Adviser responsible for providing direction on international trade policy and exporting.Providing one to one advice to UK companies on various overseas markets and product specific sectors.

London, United Kingdom

Beng (Hons) Electro-Mechanical Engineering

Control Engineering - final year project on "Fuzzy" Logic Control systems

Btec National Diploma In Electronic Engineering

City And Guilds 4531 In Computer Aided Drawing

Defence Electro Optics