Profile

I have been working in the telecommunications industry  for over 30 years , my career has spanned a  variety of technologies advancements from the first mobile phone  to talking to Tim Peake on the international space station.  it’s hard to imagined it would have been so much fun.  today i manage a team of 62 very talented and enthusiastic engineers who envisage how we can exploit technology in space. When i’m not doing this i’m cycling the wilds of Buckinghamshire or building UAV’s  for a hobby.

I do wonder what the world will be like in the next 30 years, maybe we will be  talking to astronauts on mars by then ?  what do you think ?

the space industry is one that pushes the laws of physics and certainly the boundaries of our knowledge , my work involves listening to some of the worlds problems and trying to envisage  solutions & answers to these problems. typically these can be

how can we increase crop yield  by monitoring pest and disease from satellites in space
can we predict catastrophic weather events from space
can we communicate with people in the outer reaches of the arctic  or polar regions
will we live on mars soo

and the wild and wacky ,” can you count chickens from space”  yes we can !

today i’m designing a system to link rural communities in scotland , this includes how the next generation of small satellites will operate and how we can address some of the challenges of operating them  in very low  orbit .