Operational Systems Consultant at Nova Defence
Adelaide Area, Australia
- Current
-
- Director and Company Secretary at Nova Employee Company
- Operational Systems Consultant at Nova Defence
- Past
-
- Test & Safety Engineer at Saab Systems
- Airborne Electronics Analyst at Royal Australian Air Force
- Education
-
- Australian Institute of Company Directors
- University of Adelaide
- University of Adelaide
- University of New South Wales
- University of Adelaide
- University of New South Wales
- Connections
-
66
connections
- Industry
- Defense & Space
- Websites
Luke Hallam’s Summary
Luke is a consultant with substantial experience in complex Defence systems engineering projects. Luke is looking to combine his operational and consulting experience with his science and technology commercialisation knowledge to build a career in project management, technology transfer or commercialisation of complex systems.
Luke Hallam’s Experience
-
Director and Company Secretary
Nova Employee Company
(Defense & Space industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Nova Employee Company has been established to enable Nova Defence employees to own part of, and share in the rewards of, Nova Aerospace. Nova Aerospace trades as Nova Defence, Nova Systems Consulting and Auspace.
-
Operational Systems Consultant
Nova Defence
(Defense & Space industry)
February 2006 — Present (3 years 10 months)
My work at Nova Defence covers a variety of validation and verification and systems safety roles in a consulting. I manage the project for the development of validation planning documentation to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) for the Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft. I also manage ongoing verification activities for the installation of avionics systems on the RAAF Orion aircraft for a significant mid-life avionics upgrade. Concurrent with management of validation and verification projects, I have developed systems safety processes and procedures for the Air Warfare Destroyer Combat System, participated in field trials for the Defence Science and Technology Organisation and validated a ground based aviation system which was subsequently withdrawn from service saving the RAAF millions of dollars in In-service Support costs.
My most recent validation experience has been the completion of the validation of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757 aircraft and its support systems. The aircraft has been modified to carry a combination of palletised cargo and passengers and has had new avionics systems installed. I developed the plan, managed the data, analysed the results and wrote the report for this intensive three month task.
Demonstrating flexibility and my bent towards systems safety, I have also written a Laser Safety Paper for the lasers fitted to an electro-optics turret that will be installed on the Orion fleet. This task conducted on a cut down MIL-STD-882C framework and built upon my systems safety experience at Saab Systems.
Luke Hallam’s Education
-
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Diploma , Company Directors Course , 2007 — 2007
-
University of Adelaide
Graduate Diploma , Science and Technology Commercialisation , 2004 — 2007
-
University of Adelaide
Graduate Diploma , Science and Technology Commercialisation , 2003 — 2007
-
University of New South Wales
Graduate Certificate , Business and Technology , 2002 — 2003
-
University of Adelaide
Master , Project Management , 2009
Undertaking the final four courses to get my Masters.
-
University of New South Wales
Graduate Certificate , Business and Technology
Additional Information
Luke Hallam’s Websites:
Luke Hallam’s Interests:
Family, cycling, motorcycling, Linux and open source software.
