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A new team member
We are very pleased to say that Mark Hawkins joins the team today as innovation & technology consultant.

Mark has 18 years of experience in researching and managing technology in defence and security.
Mark’s career started at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) as a research engineer and trials manager, later taking on the roles of project manager and technical lead. Projects ranged from blue-sky research to support of in-service military capabilities.
Mark’s career then took him to Marlborough Communications Limited, in the role of a project manager. Mark managed the introduction into service of a number of specialist military capabilities, as well as in-service support of current and legacy systems. He combined this with the preparation and management of tenders for defence contracts.
Mark is a chartered mechanical engineer and joins Canny Comms to provide expert advice and support on technology, the industry and business development as we help our clients to commercialise their technology.
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