Date of Birth: |
1st. October, 1957 |
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Nationality |
British |
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Qualification: |
B.Sc.Hons. Applied Physics |
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Languages: |
English (native), Spanish (fluent), German (elementary) |
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Personal Skills: |
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Key Technical Skills: |
System Engineering experience on the full lifecycle of the development and engineering of a Space Ground Systems. Systems requirements engineering and progress through established milestones. Over 20 years of hands on experience with tools used in the procurement and development of Ground stations at S,C,X, Ku and Ka-Band. Design and manufacture of X-Band Frequency Converters. Preparation of proposals for Ground Segments. |
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Software and Programming Skills |
Professional experience in the installation and operations environment related to M&C activities. |
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Employment Summary
Employment summary: |
February 2010 till present EUMETSAT, Germany |
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Title: |
Ground Segment Facility Engineer |
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Employment summary: |
April 05 till July 09 Astrium, UK |
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Title: |
AIV Engineer |
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Employment summary: |
May 1990 till March 2005 Indra Espacio, Spain |
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Title: |
Telecommunications Consultant |
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Employment summary: |
October 1987 till Apr 1990 Marconi Instruments, UK |
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Title: |
RF Development Engineer |
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Employment summary: |
May 1986 till Sept 1987 MBB, Germany |
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Title: |
Systems Engineer |
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Employment summary: |
May 1983 till Apr 1986 Marconi Defence, UK |
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Title: |
Microwave Systems Engineer |
Professional Experience
February 10 till Present: EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
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MTG – Meteosat Third Generation Program |
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Duration: |
February 2010 till present |
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Position within project: |
Ground Segment Facility Engineer |
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April 05 till July 09: Astrium UK
Project: |
Development and implementation of Ground Control Segment (GCS) for Galileo. |
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Duration: |
Apr 05 till July 09 |
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Position within project: |
Part of the AIV team. |
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May 1990 till March 2005 & Aug 2009 till December 2009: Indra Espacio, Spain
Project: |
Madrid Land Earth station via the Artemis satellite for EGNOS |
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Duration: |
Jan 2002 till Mid 2004 |
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Position within project: |
Systems Engineer |
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Project: |
Eumetsat Polar Site Facility (Svalbard CDAs) |
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Duration: |
Apr 2003 till Dec 2004 (part time) |
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Position within project: |
System engineer |
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Project: |
VSAT network for COCESNA |
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Duration: |
July 2001 till November 2001 |
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Position within project: |
Telecommunications engineer |
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Duties |
Installation of VSAT network for central American company COCESNA- to monitor the air space over the 7 countries – with central hub located in Honduras. |
Project: |
EMERG-SAT project. |
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Duration: |
Jan 98 till mid 2000 |
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Position within project: |
Systems Engineer |
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Project: |
Design, proto-typing and production of X-Band Frequency Converters for the Spanish Military Satellite terminals. |
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Duration: |
Mid ’95 till Mid ‘98 |
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Position within project: |
Design and procurement Engineer |
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Project: |
Procurement and Installation of Ku-Band and S-Band TTC and Ranging stations for Hispasat |
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Duration: |
Mid ’92 till Mid ‘95 |
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Position within project: |
Sub-systems Engineer |
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October 1987 till Apr 1990: Marconi Instruments, Stevenage, UK
Project: |
Development of RF and Microwave modules for a 26 GHz Spectrum Analyser. |
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Duration: |
October 1987 till Apr 1990 |
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Position within project: |
Development Engineer |
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May 1986 till Sept 1987: MBB, Germany
Project: |
Design of Data Acquisition Unit for use at the ERS-1 station in Kiruna, Sweden. |
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Duration: |
May 1986 till Sept 1987 |
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Position within project: |
Systems Engineer |
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May 1983 till Apr 1986: Marconi Defence, UK
Project: |
Design and build of an ECM module for the Harrier GR5. |
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Duration: |
May 1983 till Apr 1986 |
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Position within project: |
Microwave Engineer |
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