Stephen is an internationally respected and qualified Air Traffic Management Operational, Systems, Safety and Certification expert. With over 20 years in the Air Traffic Management industry plus 10 years’ experience in the commercial finance industry, Stephen has the rare combination to provide both tactical and strategic skills and knowledge across a wide range of expertise areas. Stephen leads teams of highly trained and knowledgeable experts to provide state of the art safety management and certification for international organisations and companies. Many of which have retained him over long periods of time as testament to his value adding approach. Stephen commenced his career as a successful commercial finance manager and then undertook the challenging task of becoming an operational Air Traffic Controller, gaining significant experience in the complete range of Air Traffic Control Services including management positions. Throughout this time Stephen became an accomplished project and program manager, leading major international implementation focussed programs. Stephens capability to provide leadership in the extremely technical and safety-oriented Air Traffic domain is driven by his dedication, hard work and extremely thorough knowledge base.Stephen is a key senior management lead for such organisations as- Satellite systems provider Iridium and Aireon in a world’s first global aircraft tracking service- EUROCONTROL which is an intergovernmental organisation with 41 Member States.- ADB Safegate a world leading Total Airport Management solution providerSpecialties: Air Traffic Management, Aviation Technologies, Safety Analysis for critical 'safety of life' applications, Safety Management Systems, Communications, Navigation and Surveillance technologies and their applications, Project Management, Standardisation (RTCA, EUROCAE and ICAO), Sales and Marketing, Mergers and Acquisition analysis.
Listed skills include Air Traffic Control, Aviation, Airports, Program Management, and 31 others.