Dr Richard Chisnall is Director (Security Technology) at QinetiQ having specialised in the Homeland Security area of the QinetiQ portfolio since 2003. This role combines a market facing element and one associated with internal proposition development. Working with other business of varying sizes, in a National and International context, is a vital part of this role. As a member of the QinetiQ Strategic Markets Team, he has account management responsibility for QinetiQ’s interactions with the international Homeland Security community, including, in the UK, the Home Office and police. Richard is also a founding Director of the Security Innovation and Technology Consortium (SITC).
Prior to joining QinetiQ, Richard spent the majority of his working life in the engineering industry where he has held a number of senior technical and commercial positions. He was Managing Director of a SME providing real-time software and systems for industrial purposes.
He has a wide knowledge of the UK industry base and has provided products and services to over 100 separate organisations in fields ranging from aerospace and wafer fabrication through to pharmaceuticals and water treatment.
He joined QinetiQ’s predecessor organisation (DERA) in 1997 and led defence research activities in the ICT area. From 1999 to 2002 he led one of QinetiQ’s main ICT business units.
Richard has a Masters Degree and PhD in Engineering. He is a Chartered Engineer and actively promotes the value of engineering to the economy and as a life-time career choice.
He regrets that he will not be at the SITC AGM this year as he will be presenting an invited paper on port security communications at the European Security Summit, in Prague on that date.