Hello, and welcome to my personal pages on the internet.
Some background: I have been involved in flight dynamics, space situational awareness and orbital surveillance for the majority of my professional career. I have an academic background of aerospace engineering and business; a strange mix, but one that is becoming more common among those I work with.
Over the years, I have been fortunate enough to work with many talented people from many different backgrounds and in many different countries. I have been to almost every country in the Europe, most of the Middle East and a lot of both North and South America. Everywhere I go, regardless of nationality, beliefs or political orientation, I find people who are welcoming, hospitable and keen to exchange views on every (and any) topic.
At the moment I am working as a staff member in the European Space Agency. I’m leading the Space Surveillance and Tracking efforts of the fledgling Space Situational Awareness programme, where I have the great honour to guide the elements that I hope will be the foundations for the future European Space Surveillance system. There is a well-recognised need for a better understanding of what is in orbit and many people across Europe who have the will, talent and vision to put an efficient and effective system together.
Most of the information on this site is related to my work at the Agency, although don’t take this as a guarantee that there is nothing else here! One caveat is that any opinions or comments on this site are purely mine and don’t intend to be an official statement from the European Space Agency (or any other organisation for that matter!).