Stephen is the Regional Director for South Australia. In this role, Stephen has responsibility for delivery of capability and solutions to the Mining, Utilities, Telecommunications, Government and Defence sectors in SA.
Stephen was born in Perth and joined the Army Reserve while studying there. He transferred to the Regular Army and was posted to Melbourne on completion of his degree. After leaving the Army, Stephen completed a higher degree and joined the Defence Science and Technology Organisation where he was responsible for assessing the performance of the Jindalee Over-The-Horizon Radar. After leaving DSTO he then worked in Defence industry, and formed his own company called Permian one year later.
As Managing Director of Permian, Stephen had overall responsibility for all projects and company performance. Permian was acquired by SMS in January 2007 and was initially integrated in as a new division within SMS called Defence Solutions. In July 2008, SMS Defence Solutions in SA was restructured into Tech Services & Consulting & Stephen became the RD.
Stephen has a BE (Electronics) with First Class Honours from the University of Western Australia, and a PhD from the University of Melbourne.