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Dr Andrew Dowse has been director of RAND Australia since July 2021. In this role, he identifies policy research opportunities for Australian clients at the Commonwealth and state/territory levels, delivers and disseminates high-quality research and analysis on Australian policy issues, and leads the RAND Australia office in Canberra. His most recent work for RAND Australia has been in providing research support to the Australian Department of Defence, specifically the Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise …
Dr Joanne Nicholson joined RAND Australia in July 2019 after 20 years’ combined experience working in and across government, industry and academia, particularly in support of defence, national security and the intelligence community. As a highly experienced operations researcher, strategic analyst and futures specialist, Joanne works with a variety of agencies to ensure their investment programs are aligned to relevant and appropriate strategic objectives and designed to deliver the benefits that their …
Matthew Krupczak is the founder of Theta Informatics and the creator of its OpenAthena software which enables terrain-raycast localization by commercial off-the-shelf drones. He is a computer science graduate from Atlanta, Georgia in the United States. His studies focused on systems programming and artificial intelligence. His natural curiosity and experimentation on numerous software projects have led to his experience in UAS, geodesy, and machine learning. He is interested in how these concepts apply to …
Dr Jai Galliott is Director of the Values in Defence & Security Technology Group within the University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy, where he also sits on the Faculty & University Boards. He also holds appointments as a Fellow of the Modern War Institute at the West Point and the Centre for Technology & Global Affairs in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. He has authored/edited the following books: Military Robots: Mapping the Moral …
Major Tony Purdy is currently serving in Headquarters 1st Brigade as the S3 Operations Officer. He has previously served as the S33 Current Operations Officer in the same headquarters, as well as a range of command and training appointments including 1st Armoured Regiment, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, B Squadron 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment and the Royal Military College Duntroon. In these roles he has served alongside a number of allies and partners on exercises in Australia and abroad, as well as on operations in …
Leo Purdy is a retired Armour Officer who served in various regimental, staff and training postings. As an independent consultant, he now undertakes research and analysis activities to support Defence and Industry capability development. In this capacity, he has written articles, studies, concepts and doctrine on armoured warfare, mounted minor tactics and the future of armour and mechanised infantry. … Leo …
Captain James Saint is an Artillery Officer currently completing a Masters of Strategy and Security with the University of New South Wales. … James Saint …
Major Callum Muntz is a proud father, husband, and infantry officer currently serving with the United States Army in their I Corps Headquarters. … Callum Muntz …
Flying Officer Micheal Abdel-messih enlisted in the Australian Regular Army in 2014 as a Parachute Rigger. On completion of his employment training in 2015 he was posted to Joint Logistics Unit (East) and in 2017 he completed the Subject One for Corporal – Army. Flying Officer Abdelmessih posted to ADFA in 2019, where he completed his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours) as an Army Officer Cadet and transferred to the RAAF as an Armament Engineer in 2022. In his personal time, Flying Officer …
Colonel Brad Kilpatrick is an Armoured Corps officer with regimental experience at 2nd Cavalry Regiment and B Squadron 3/4 Cavalry Regiment. He has considerable experience as a military instructor with postings to Royal Military College-Duntroon as a Military Instructor, Senior Instructor of War Fighting and Deputy Chief Instructor. He has also had postings to the Australian Defence Force Academy as the Commanding Officer/Chief Instructor and Deputy Commandant. He has had operational deployments to East …