Simon Stringer - Senior Advisor
Simon Stringer, C Eng, MRAes, MIoD, is the Managing Director at Becatech Security Solutions & Technologies and Senior Advisor to Good Harbor Consulting. Simon started his professional career in 1984 joining the then British Aerospace as a test engineer on the Harrier and Hawk programmes. He undertook a number of different roles for the company including Assistant Chief Engineer Harrier and Operations Director for Tornado and Harrier aircraft.
Leaving the purely technical world in late 1997 Simon took the position of Site Director for Dunsfold Aerodrome managing all experimental test and development for the Harrier programmes as well as the manufacture and delivery before re-locating the production facilities to Lancashire in 1999. Here Simon took on the role of Head of Test Engineering and Development running all of the development facilities for the military and aerospace programmes.
In 2000 Simon took on the role of Project Director for the Ventures Organization, set up to maximize the use of BAE's technology in parallel markets before being appointed Director Homeland Security leading BAE's involvement in the counter terrorism and security areas.
In 2004 Simon left BAE SYSTEMS and joined QinetiQ as Managing Director of the Security and Intelligence Division leading the pan company initiatives in this area and overseeing a 40% growth in business in the first year.
In mid 2006, post QinetiQ's flotation on the London stock exchange, Simon left QinetiQ to undertake a consultative role for a number of key international clients before joining BECATECH as Managing Director in December of 2006.
During his career Simon has undertaken a number of large programme trouble shooting roles and led deployments with the UK MoD and armed forces as well as various foreign forces including the USMC.
He is a respected figure in the Counter Terrorism and Security world and a Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute Homeland Security Programme and on the advisory board of Eden Intelligence with close ties to the CSTPV - Centre for Studies into Political Violence and Terrorism at St Andrews University. He is also a trustee of the Royal Naval Historic Flight and the Fleet Air Arm Museum.
