Director, scientist and engineer with more than 24 years transformational expertise in optical, photonic and quantum system interconnect, integration and architectures for data centre, IoT and data-communications applications.Chartered Engineer (CEng), Fellow of the IET (FIET) and Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP)Holds 55 patents, authored over 70 peer-reviewed publications including 5 international standards and given over 100 international talks.Chair of the IEC international standards subcommittee on fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components (IEC SC86B), chair of BSI GEL86, chair of BSI GEL86/2 and principal UK standards expert (BSI) for optical interconnect, optical circuit boards, photonic integrated circuits and electronic assembly and quantum technologies.IEEE Senior Member, SPIE Senior Member, Optica Senior MemberChair of IEEE UK and Ireland Quantum Group and IEEE UK and Ireland Photonics Chapter and founder and general chair of flagship IEEE and Optica British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP) and Joint Symposia on Quantum Technologies.Key contributor to UK and EU government strategy on optical, photonic and quantum technologies as steering board member of ETP4HPC, member of Photonics 21 Board of Stakeholders and UK Photonics Leadership Group.Key skills and activitiesOptical and photonic data centre system architecture and interconnect technologies including photonic integrated circuits (PIC), quantum integrated circuits, optical transceivers, electro-optic circuit boards, glass and polymer waveguides, optical assembly and board and chip-level optical connectorsManagement and coordination of international projects including UK, EU, US, APACTechnology innovation and Intellectual Property developmentGovernment lobbying in optical communications sector and strategic analysisInternational standardisation