EXECUTIVE BIO
MARTIN BROCKIE
TITLE : COMMANDING OFFICER UNIT : 90 SIGNALS UNIT
“ Situated here in North Yorkshire , RAF Leeming is right in the middle of the Vale of York which we recently rechristened ‘ Silicon Vale ’ because we are surrounded by so much high-tech and such valuable academic research ,” says Crawford .
“ We have Newcastle and Durham to the north , we have Leeds and Sheffield to the south , Teesside University is one of the world ' s leading gaming universities , and we have also partnered with Northumbria and York , and we are and bringing that rich tapestry of academic research in .
“ Traditionally , we in Defence have been a laggard when it comes to adopting
Martin Brockie is a cyberspace professional with an engineering background . His career has seen him primarily involved in the delivery of information and communication services to operations . His roles have spanned commanding teams delivering and
defending expeditionary information services , directing operations in the Permanent Joint Headquarters , to managing Defence-level communications risks , including prioritisation of capability development and informing strategic balance of investment decisions . He is currently the Commanding Officer of 90 Signals Unit that enables Air and Space power by generating freedom of action and mission assurance in cyberspace .
capabilities that wider society would use . We ' re still very much a paper-driven organisation when everybody else has gone digital , so how do we accelerate that digital transformation and how do we leapfrog from being a technological laggard to actually being at the cutting edge ? By partnering with
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