SSC - Swedish Space Corporation - is a leading global provider of advanced space services with more than fifty years of experience. Since our start pioneering scientific rocket launches in northern Sweden, we have grown into a renowned, full-service supplier of state-of-the-art space engineering, satellite and launch services to commercial and institutional customers worldwide.This is a dual role carrying the responsibility for all activities of the UK office, as well as the global innovation programmes of the SSC Connect Division.Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:• Develop and manage the innovation activities for the global presence of the SSC Connect Division• Own and develop the technology portfolio for the next generation network solutions encompassing new technologies, new products, and new offerings• Manage a global multidisciplinary team and all aspects of the development, deployment, and efficient operation of the NewSpace network• Identify business opportunities and spearhead strategic expansion and growth plans• Provide operational and technical leadership, strategic positioning, and sourcing of relevant funding• Establish an innovation hub for the global SSC organisation and leverage local funding to develop a range of technologies that address the NewSpace market needs• Identify and support cross divisional business development opportunities in the UK• Identify and evaluate appropriate acquisition targets to enable rapid growth and market expansion

Composed by experts from industry, academia, business and consumer groups, as well as nominated members, the Advisory Group assists ENISA in drawing up its work programme, achieving its strategic objectives and communicating with key stakeholders.

PASQ (Per Aspera Space Qualification) offers independent space qualification to satellite equipment suppliers and integrators. The company is based in Space Cluster Kiruna with in-house and partner experience from multiple space missions ranging from earth orbit to deep space exploration.

ThrustMe is a deep-tech company in the space industry, expert in turnkey in-space propulsion solutions for next generation satellites with a portfolio of products designed to solve emerging challenges in space associated with the rise of satellite constellations. The team is highly qualified and multidisciplinary with expertise in plasma physics, space propulsion, aerospace engineering, fluid dynamics, thermal management, digital and power electronics and chemistry. ThrustMe demonstrated the world's first iodine based propulsion system in space in 2019.

Advisory role with the European Commission as an independent expert. Participated in a number of evaluations for funding in a number of policy sectors, including space. In-depth understanding of the European funding processes and overall policies of the associated directorates and an extended professional network both within the European Commission and with other expert evaluators.

Involvement with the pre-standardisation process at European and national levels in the context of European security.Research on issues that pertain to matters of security in the context of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters as well as their implication for fundamental rights protection.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:• Provide operational and technical leadership, strategic positioning and sourcing of relevant funding, identify business opportunities and spearhead strategic expansion and growth plans. • Understand market dynamics and provide strategic guidance for product and technology evolution, interface with private and institutional customers, provide planning and forecasting.• Direct all aspects of business development and manage activities with distributors/agents and business subsidiaries in Europe and US.Key Achievements:• Unprecedented growth year on year which enabled the business to become one of the most important spacecraft primes for the CubeSat and SmallSat markets• Refocused the organisation in winning commercial business and have achieved a very high win rate with more than 90% being commercial contracts.• Reorganised the existing products portfolio and technology roadmap in line with the market demands for low cost, high dependability sub-systems and platforms.• Secured orders and sourced funding for the R&D activities, establishing a clear evolution path for all product lines.• Developed a very successful sales team in Sweden, Scotland and the US and introduced working processes and essential tools to grow the organisational sales and marketing capacity.• Contributed towards decisions relating to business evolution and business strategy in board meetings.• Participated in negotiations and assessment of organisations identified as possible acquisition targets.

• Operational and technical leadership• Strategic positioning and sourcing of relevant funding• Business planing & sales strategy development• Leading business opportunities and spearheading strategic expansion and growth plans• Understand market dynamics and provide strategic guidance for product and technology evolution• Interfacing with private and institutional customers and provide planning and forecasting• Responsible for the performance of all products and projects under the DataLink group

• Understand market dynamics and provide strategic guidance for product and technology evolution • Provide planning and forecasting and interface with private and institutional customer• Provide operational leadership, direct capital creation and sourcing of relevant funding• Identify business opportunities and spearhead strategic expansion and growth plans• Secured orders for all product lines within the division and sourced funding for the R&D activities• Negotiated new projects and complex contractual arrangements with major space primes and institutions, such as, Airbus-ADS, ASTRIUM, Inmarsat, SSTL, ESA and DARPA• Represented the division in corporate meetings, quarterly reviews and global strategy workshops

• Understand market dynamics and provide strategic guidance for product and technology evolution• Interface with private and institutional customers• Provide operational leadership, direct capital creation and sourcing of relevant funding• Reorganised the existing product roadmap in line with the technology readiness level and market potential of each product line• Navigated the Company’s strategic aims through a minefield of sales decline within the small satellites sector that saw many competitors either abandoning similar product lines or going out of business• Helped negotiate new projects and complex contractual arrangements with major space primes and institutions• Represented the division in corporate meetings, quarterly reviews and global strategy workshops

• Provided technical expertise to private, institutional and government organisations relating to technology maturity in the satellite navigation, communications, telemetry and informatics sectors• Coordinated consortia and multinational efforts of standardisation for telematics services in the container management sector• Business Development, planning and trialling business and operational models for new applications and strategic planning of future technologies• Developed global positioning sensors used in police radios in preparation for the Chinese Olympics 2008• Worked under a formal collaboration agreement with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in the conception and trial of a global system for monitoring shipping container traffic and supply chain management

• Technical and operational leadership and expertise in a high volume production environment.• Reported to the Business Director of GPS Enabled Telematics Group• Negotiated and successfully completed an IP license agreement for a new range of telematics products• Helped revise the manufacturing strategy and production plan of a high volume electronics product (100K units per year) improving the production yield• Devised the Go-to-Market strategy for a range of high sensitivity positioning and telemetry products and services

• Technical design expertise in a scientific research environment• Setting up and managing day-to-day activities of this very dynamic start-up business• Reported directly to the Managing Director and the board of investors• Developed and manufactured advanced miniaturised satellite tracking and telemetry systems for wildlife monitoring applications• Secured government funding (SMART award) that helped fund the development of the system

Responsible for research development and day-to-day management of a global scale project. Worked on the design of a remote access global database with the aim to revolutionise the way hospitals and microbiology labs tested patients and samples for bacterial infections. This very high exposure project won three awards and was developed with the support of a number of research institutes and hospitals around the world.

Responsible for the design and manufacture of electronic and control systems. During my employment with Coral, I designed control systems for large centrifuges and shaker systems operated remotely in oil rigs, gaining valuable experience in PLC/SCADA systems. I was also involved in the design and testing of underwater sonar communication systems and electronic detection of magnetic units travelling in pipelines. Part of my employment also involved subcontracting and consultancy work with multinational companies.