Interviews
Our key goal is to make it easier for our customers to construct solutions using our range of board level products.
Mr. Nigel Forrester is Director of Business Development for Concurrent Technologies. He has responsibility for product strategy and partner relationships to augment the value of the company’s strong processor board portfolio. Nigel has previously held technical product and vertical marketing roles in the embedded space and is an accomplished speaker and author. He has a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Computer Science and Statistics from Reading University
We try to complement our current portfolio constantly, resulting in our current product range which also includes heavy duty wheels and brake systems, fuel tanks and vehicle intercoms.
Mr. Louis Huijzen started his career in the administration dept of Hogeschool Rotterdam. Then, he worked as a Specialist EFJ and SJR in CFI where he was responsible for the completion and publication of financial software for all subsidised education institutes of the Netherlands. He then held the position of service manager for KPN's new glass-fiber IP-products. He also worked for Dutch energy supplier Oxxio, partly as programme support and partly as a business analyst. Moving forward, Louis has worked on various projects through dutch and is currently the General Manager of TSS International.
Logistics, looking back even only ten years ago, much was operated very organically with pencil and paper where people signed out materials, resources and managed inventory, manually. Now logistics is being operated by multi-billion pound logistics IT systems which has created a skills gap.
Mr. Mark Taylor has over 29 years of international senior board-level experience across multiple industries & sectors. Heavily focused on large-scale Transformation, Business Change & Continuous Improvement, delivering Operational Excellence to both the public and private sectors. A proven leader, with an acknowledged record of achievement in meeting demanding objectives in multi-£M strategic Supply Chain planning. Wholly responsible for the strategic management, financial acquittal, and auditing of multiple, multi-£Bn inventory & accounts (£1Bn+) & responsible for over 1500 personnel (FTE). Mark had conceptualised the procurement, roll-out & Continuous Improvement of multiple high value (multi-£M) Transformation projects. With a consistent history of large-scale successful strategic and operational Business Change Management, simultaneously managing stakeholders, multiple supplier relationships & contracts, implementing and adapting change to the highest standard, with meticulous attention to detail, on time, in scope and within budget. This, when coupled with his unquestionable loyalty and dedication has helped the UK Government to maintain its premier position in the global marketplace. Professionally & academically accredited at the very highest level, from world-leading universities (top 2%) & Chartered organisations. Finalist for the "Business Leader of the Year" at the British Ex-Forces in Business Awards 2018. Mark is an intelligent, articulate International Chairman, keynote speaker, BBC commentator & multi-award-winning published author which, when coupled with his limitless drive culminates in truly exceptional results.
We work closely in partnership with our customers and suppliers to define the requirement and prove the design before manufacturing it and subsequently providing through life support which can include contracting for availability.
Ray joined Marshall from British Aerospace (Dynamics) having started as a graduate engineer before moving into Project Management. He has undertaken several roles within Marshall as Project Manager, Engineering Manager, Engineering Director, and Managing Director of Marshall Specialist Vehicles. His development within positions at Marshall has led him to his current role as Managing Director of Aerostructures and Land Systems where he heads up an agile and innovative team providing solutions for the armed forces and defence industry.
Most organizations have complex missions, but these organizations have very complex missions. The reason I say this is because to succeed to their mission they have to interface with many other organizations - success is impossible without doing so.
Mr. Norton was the co-founder and president of Palladium Group. Before his career at Palladium, Dr. Norton co-founded and served as president and CEO of Balanced Scorecard Collaborative. He was also president of Renaissance Solutions, Inc., a Balanced Scorecard consulting firm. Before that, he was the co-founder and president of Nolan, Norton & Company, where he spent 17 years as president. He is a Trustee of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a former Director of ACME (the Association of Consulting and Management Engineers). An effective speaker who loves doing keynotes, David P. Norton is one of the most significant figures transforming business today. He is the co-author, with Robert S. Kaplan, of eight Harvard Business Review (HBR) articles and five books: The Balanced Scorecard, The Strategy Focused Organization, Strategy Maps, Alignment, and The Execution Premium. Dr. Norton’s books have sold more than one million copies in 23 different languages.
Cobham’s antennas have a global reputation for quality and performance. We offer accurate and measured antenna data to our customers and always ensure that the antenna in question is the correct antenna for that application.
Mr. John is an experienced Marketing professional with a background in engineering, technology, and automotive markets. Over the years he had built a wide and varied skill base with a strong interest in digital marketing, email marketing, Search Engine Optimisation, and PPC. He had also taken numerous projects from conception to completion and relish a challenge. John is currently a Marketing Manager for Sheffield Forgemasters, working closely with the Sales and Business Development teams to enhance revenue and create and maintain a strong brand presence. Before this, he worked with Cobham Antenna Systems as a Title Marketing Manager where he was responsible for managing the marketing activities and budgets for a number of the Antenna Systems business units. Also managing projects and individuals across the group and providing support to the business development and sales teams.
To remain future proof, we constantly improve of our existing unique products and we enlarge the variety and functionality of the accessories for deployment and maintenance.
Mr. Martin started his career in 1989 as a product manager in Ascom. He then worked as a technical project manager with the company Securiton. It was in 2004 when he started working with Brugg Kabel AG as a product/project manager. Currently, he is working with Solifos AG, Fiber Optic Systems as a product manager.
TAM has high focus in innovation. This is a must since most of our clients need specially made solutions and often use TAM as a troubleshooter.
Mr. Tor Arne has worked for around 34 years as a General Manager in TAM AS. He retired from the company in 2015 and is currently working as a General Manager at Manima AS.
Dr. Schmidt Andreas
Former Director of Hohenstein's Function and Care Department
Hohenstein Institute
The defence industry is an extremely innovative sector and we at Hohenstein thrive on challenges and love to develop new ideas together with our customers.
Dr. Schmidt began his career with Henkel KGaA as a head of the laboratory to Technical Manager till 2009. It was in 2009 when he started working with Hohenstein Institute as the Director of the department "Function and care" and later served as the CEO "Function and Care" from 2015 to 2018. Currently, Schmidt is working as a CEO at Eurofins Institut Dr Rothe GmbH.
Customer satisfaction is first and foremost ensured by a close and detailed dialogue with our clients in the preparation of every project, during the design and manufacturing phase and certainly after delivery of the product.
The past 20 years Mr. Stein has founded and brought 7 different companies to success. Through this experience, he had been fortunate to work as an administrator and marketing professional and has gained broad international experience and a massive international network. He worked with Nordic Shelter as a Managing Director for 10 years and a Chief Commercial Officer for a year. Stein is heading his privately owned company, STEWA AS, acting as an advisor to other companies and representing market leaders of security and military products in Scandinavia and is currently occupied with innovative projects in the defense and healthcare sectors.
We try to live up to our slogan: YOUR NEEDS – OUR KNOWLEDGE – EQUALS INNOVATION. Our products and services will contribute to increased survival for soldiers injured in combat actions and contribute to increased preparedness and capacity in the event of civil disasters. ”Care through innovation and dedication.” (CARE = Casualty Recovery).
Mr. Olav was the Managing Director of NY-TEK AS from 1983 to the present. Besides, he is also the Director R&D of Nodin Aviation AS from 1998 to present.
Customer satisfaction and excellence of Customer Service are part of our motto in all our interactions with our customers. Thanks to that we take pride in our long lasting relationships with most of our customers.
Experienced product and technology leader with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Product Lifecycle Management, Embedded Software, MIL-STD-1553, Avionics Design, Marketing and Sales Operations. A strong business development professional with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) focused on Entrepreneurship and Marketing from The Hebrew University. Duli worked as a Vice President of Marketing, and Sales for almost 10 years in Sital Technology and is currently holding the position of a Project manager at BAE Systems.
Noptel’s leading principle is to make training devices and systems that are extremely easy to use, allowing every shooter and instructor to use it without special expertise.
It was in the year 1989 when Mr. Matti started working with Noptel. He served the company for 28 years and retired as the Marketing Director in 2018.
Innovation is no doubt a key factor to success for us, and a basis for our goal to offer products with the highest customer satisfaction.
Mr. Bengt Schill had completed his M.Sc Engineering Physics from KTH Royal Institute of Technology. He worked as a Manager Development with Celciustech for about 5 years. Later, he moved on to the company Combinova, where he worked as a Consulting Engineer for a year. Currently, Schill is the CEO of the firm Schill Reglerteknik where he's been working for 34 years to date.
Our products have proven to be very reliable and efficient and we would continue to be the leader in this field and to get a bigger piece of the market. In General, we continuously improve our products.
Mr. Christer has worked as a Sales Manager with Air Target Sweden AB. His keen interests are mainly in RTSYS - Underwater Acoustics & Drones.
We are in the saving of life business, which is not common in this sector. Our sole purpose in life is to prevent those “Blue on Blue” incidents, where life of soldiers may be on risk. Those armies equipped with our beacons can appreciate that.
Col. Avi Peer has done his BA, History from Tel Aviv University. He then started his career as a Sales Manager with Tadiran Electronic Systems. After almost 11 years of activity as the CEO of Thermal Beacon Ltd, Mr. Avi has decided to step aside and let new forces to take over the leading of Thermal Beacon Ltd.
