Full Name: Mark Swabey Marital Status: Married Date of Birth: 25th April 1955 Address: 1 Bell Close, Farmborough, Bath, Somerset, BA2 0AP Telephone: 01278 761002 Email: mark@aspen.uk.com

EDUCATION

1969-1973   Worth School, Crawley, Sussex.

1973-1976   University College, Cardiff, South Wales.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Mar 2002 - present		Aspen Enterprises Ltd
	Consultant - developing web-based project communication, dissemination and management facilities for EC accompanying measure projects, and providing project management and risk management consultancy. Developing web-based project analysis techniques for EC projects.
Aug 2000 - Feb 2002		Power Management, Schneider Electric Ltd
	Project Manager - recruited to manage £multi-million projects delivering large electrical Distribution Management Systems (DMS). Created comprehensive 'Order Fulfilment' process framework for these projects. Managed key DMS development projects. Refined project management processes, introduced project risk management techniques and personally developed an advanced risk management support tool. Provided bid support and contract negotiations support in Romania. Provided business management consultancy to divisional management team as required.
1996 - Jun 2000		Applied Visuals Ltd
	Technical Director - joint founder, responsible for technological base of company, application of wide range of technologies (PC-based real-time 3D modelling, virtual reality (VR) and web-based multimedia incorporating VR) to training, sales demonstration, data visualisation and operational analysis tasks. Developed and introduced ISO9001 procedures into company. Won substantial business for company in the defence sector, and managed a wide range of projects, ranging from a microlight simulator, a flight deck simulator, through to a 3D world-wide navigation research programme. Provided business analysis and developed the company's strategic outlook.
1995 - 1996		System Creation Ltd
	Director of own company providing consultancy to Defence Evaluation & Research Agency (DERA) on 1) cost-saving strategy for a large multi-pilot attack helicopter simulation, 2) feasibility of modelling aircrew behaviour and command roles in Replacement Maritime Patrol Aircraft (RMPA), and 3) advanced behavioural modelling for virtual reality for Applied Visuals Ltd.
1986 - 1995		Defence & Avionics Division, Cray Systems Ltd (formerly Marcol Group Ltd)
	Project Manager (1986) - Head of Software - managed a multi-national team developing the EH101 (Merlin) helicopter Flight Control System to flight critical standards. Senior Consultant (1987) providing project management consultancy and developing the Knowledge-Based Systems (KBS) development strategy for Cray. Principal Consultant (1990), responsible for Cray System's activities in real-time (KBS), robotics & remote-operated vehicle control (product developed, 120 systems sold), training systems and advanced HCI's. Technical Manager (1994), responsible for a wide range of training and control system bids, and development of a Virtual Reality based training system for the British Army.
1976 - 1986		Plessey Co Ltd (now BAe Systems)
	Software engineer developing realtime software for distributed tactical communications system, and designing high performance communications systems, in the UK and the USA. Team Leader (1981), responsible for development embedded real-time software suite for a distributed tactical comms system, from requirements capture to delivery. Project Manager - major knowledge-based research programe (120 man year) and consultant on troubleshooting and advanced techniques for military Command & Control system developments.

SKILLS, TECHNOLOGIES, PAPERS, LEISURE

SKILLS AND STRENGTH

• Bid Techniques and Management.
• Risk Assessment and Management techniques.
• Continuous Improvement Processes (CIP)
• System development & delivery processes
• Good inter-personal, presentation & sales skills.
• Motivation and drive.
• Honesty & integrity.
• Real-time software project management (up to flight critical standards).
• Real-time software engineering techniques, methods and tools.
• 3-D real-time visualisation for operator training and operational analysis.
• Knowledge-based techniques, methods and tools.

HARDWARE

OPERATING SYSTEMS

ENVIRONMENTS

LANGUAGES

METHODS

TOOLS

PAPERS

LECTURES

LEISURE INTERESTS

EMPLOYMENT IN DETAIL

Mar 2002 - Present		Aspen Enterprises Ltd
	Provided business management consultancy to a large business in managing major change, as a result of downsizing, identifying business risks and minimising or eliminating the risks, renegotiating their business premises, redesigning the premises to new business needs, and project managing the rebuilding, refurbishment and relocation while minimising impact to the business. Developed a wide range of features for web sites supporting distributed EC RTD projects and project clusters. The tools developed were to provide dynamic logging, interactive discussion forum management, a totally new "Closed User Group" security model, combined web and email-based survey tools, conference registration facilities, and discussion forum web/email integration. Surveyed and collated the technical standards for E-learning, Evaluation, and provided a range of Project management Support tools for RTD project support, as web-based facilities. Also produces a widely disseminated e-Learning newsletter.
Aug 2000 - Feb 2002		Power Management - Schneider Electric Ltd
	Managed the refinement & integration of the 'Order Fulfilment' work processes, covering some 50 processes, personally developing 10 processes associated with the latest project management techniques. AManaged key DMS developments, including a major porting exercise to Windows 2000 from Unix, a standardisation of electrical device iconography and behaviour on displays, and development of customer data importing tools. Personally developed an advanced risk management toolset for identifying risks, assessing, quantifying (providing potential contingency costs and delays, including liquidated damages liability) and alleviating risk through specific quantified actions. Provided bid support for a range of multi-million pound bids, offering project management and risk management input comprising detailed phased plans, risk analyses, contingency tasks and cost breakdown. Project manager in contractual negotiations team in Romania. Provided business management consultancy on a range of issues to division's management team as required, including investigating a potential MBO (and finding the appropriate funding), and instigating & developing a comprehensive business plan for a world-wide Power Management consultancy centre of excellence.
1996 - Jun 2000		Applied Visuals Ltd
	Applied Visuals Ltd was formed in 1996 by Mark with 3 other directors. Using PC based virtual reality technologies, the objective was to develop low-cost training systems, defence equipment sales demonstrations, data visualisation and operational analysis tools. The company developed gunnery trainers, a microlight trainer, a flight deck simulator, numerous sales demonstration systems, the first virtual exhibition on the web, and train driver route familiarisation trainers. By 1999 it had grown to 20 employees. My achievements have included: winning and managing a steady stream of VR contracts within the defence industry and defence research sector for training, data mining and command & control applications. These included real-time sonar analysis, a flight deck trainer for flight deck crews which is in service with the RN, a real-time 3D maritime navigation and tactical data fusion display. personally developing many of the specialised behavioural techniques required for these systems. initiating a research programme into web-based interactive training and maintenance support, based upon web technologies and web-based VR. Initiating and managing a multi-national R&D programme for a low-cost microlight aircraft simulator, incorporating novel VR and motion platform technologies. initiating and introducing ISO9001 procedures into the company, tailored to the company's extensive use of high productivity toolsets. the development of a sound technology base for the company. the strategic analysis of AVL, leading to the decision to close, and the handling of the closure. The directors took the decision to close the company in June 2000, as a result of sporadic sales performance and lack of investment for expanding its market base. This decision was based upon my hard-nosed analysis of the business, and the emergence of a window of opportunity for closing without contractual liabilities.
1995 - 1996		System Creation Ltd
	I set up System Creation Ltd to provide consultancy in Project Management, Bid Management, and technical solutions consultancy within the defence sector. My achievements included. consultancy to Defence Evaluation & Research Agency (DERA) on A study into an existing large multi-pilot attack helicopter simulation, identifying a wide range of cost-saving strategies for transferring the simulation from Silicon Graphics architectures to workstations and PC's Evaluating the feasibility of modelling aircrew behaviour and command roles in Replacement Maritime Patrol - - Aircraft (RMPA), using knowledge-based techniques and distributed processing consultancy to Applied Visuals Ltd on Advanced behavioural modelling for virtual reality applications, developing dynamics and behavioural techniques that minimised PC processing load. Successful bid management and bid production, leading to contracts that initiated the growth of the company.
1986 - 1995		Defence & Avionics Division, Cray Systems Ltd (formerly Marcol Group Ltd, now Anite Group)
	My roles within Cray Systems Ltd, in chronological order, were: Project Manager (1986), providing consultancy to Smiths Industries as Head of Software - EH101 (Merlin) helicopter Flight Control Computer. I managed 3 client teams (design, integration and verification), one Marcol team and further Italian team (both detailed design and implementation), comprising approximately 40 personnel. Responsibilities included: planning, resource scheduling, and overall control of flight critical software development. arresting project slip against plan. introducing design budgeting (memory & performance) to spot potential risk earlier in project life-cycle. The Flight Control Computer has now amassed thousands of successful flight hours. Senior Consultant (1987-1989) providing project management consultancy and developing the Knowledge-Based Systems (KBS) development strategy for Cray. In this role, I defined the KBS strategy and investment, and led the KBS business development programme. My tasks included:- Management of the Generic Real-time IKBS Toolset (GRIT) demonstrator project. This project formed part of company's AQAP1/13 assessment, and is believed to be the first KBS project ever submitted to this level of assessment. Development of a Sonar Classifier demonstrator in a fuzzy logic representation, to enable operators to rapidly prioritise conflicting and incomplete sonar data. Winning & managing a project for DERA researching the Ada techniques required for porting GRIT to Ada. Providing external consultancy on projects, including performing a technical, commercial and managerial audit of the development of a large distributed real-time SCADA system. Principal Consultant (1990-1993), responsible for Cray System's research activities. These included: Real-time KBS, including winning a substantial DRA development contract to develop a tool for modelling aircrew behaviour. Human-computer interfacing and control, including a collaborative research project into remote control of a power plant, incorporating advanced user interface design and automatic detection of operator overload, Robotics, remote operated vehicles (ROV), and manipulator control, winning a £1.4 million contract for the development and production of the control system and user interface (of my design) for a specialised ROV. 3-D visualisation techniques for ROV training and operational analysis (product developed, 120 systems sold). Technical Manager (1994-1995), responsible for: formulating the business case for the development of an ROV control trainer managing the ROV control trainer development, using real-time 3-D Visualisation technology. The product is currently sold to the British Army and being sold world-wide under licence. Various Risk Analysis and Project Audit consultancies. Bid Management of bids ranging from 30K - £3.5M in real-time Command & Control & high fidelity equipment emulation for maintenance training. Winning and successfully completing a wide variety of advanced information technology and control projects. Building up company expertise in a wide range of technologies and motivating teams for success.
1976 - 1986		Plessey Defence Systems
	I spent the first ten years of my career with Plessey working at sites in Poole, Los Angeles USA, and Christchurch on a range of tactical communications software, hardware and system developments. This work involved real-time software development in assembler and specialised diagnostic languages. Between 1983 and 1986 I initiated and managed the R&D activities of Defence Systems into the use of KBS for equipment diagnosis and Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (C3I) applications. This included managing a 120 man-year research programme with French, Italian, Danish and Irish partners, resulting in an IKBS development product. This was the second EC ESPRIT research project to commence, in the early days of EC RTD collaborative programmes.