The EPE Team

Prior to this (2003-2010) Warwick was employed by Allen-Vanguard, a global C-IED, C-CBRN and ECM technology company and undertook the role of Asia Pacific Manager assisting several countries develop their national C-IED and C-CBRN capability in this region.

Warwick’s gained his foundation C-IED, C-CBRN experience as a former Royal Australian Engineer Officer (Mine Warfare and High Risk Search Instructor, IEDD, EOD, CBRNE and Improvised Nuclear Device Disposal). Warwick assisted with the development of, and later commanded Australia’s first CBRNE Counter Terrorism Disposal Capability. This capability played an instrumental role in securing the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

Building on this, in 2002, whilst on an operational tour with NATO in Bosnia Herzegovina, Warwick established the ‘SEARS Foundation’, an NGO created to reduce the high land mine threat from the waterways of that country. His service was recognised by a NATO Commander’s Commendation for re-structuring NATO’s incident management procedures for this theatre, as well as for the establishment of the ‘SEARS Foundation’.

Scott’s expertise is derived from key operational leadership, management and training appointments spanning 22 years in the Australian Army—most notably the development of specialist EOD, IED and CBRNE capability whilst Commander of the Special Operations Engineer Regiment / Incident Response Regiment during the high operational tempo period 2009 to 2012; and key contributions to the Iraq and Afghanistan theatres of operation during attachment and deployment with the US Joint IED Defeat organisation and the Australian Counter IED Task Force (2007-2009). He then undertook three years as the specialist CBRNE advisor and capability developer within the UAE Presidential Guard (2013 to 2016); and followed this with a two year appointment as the Director Counter Terrorism within the NSW Department of Justice—Office for Police, where he developed strong interstate and Commonwealth relationships for operational capability and policy development for terrorism crisis events.

He was in charge of positioning the company to respond and win opportunities supporting US Homeland Security and Law Enforcement (HSLE), Defence and Civil focused verticals.

Prior to working in the commercial sector, Colin served in the British Army for 20 years, as an Officer in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME). He completed two operational tours in Bosnia; deployed on multiple overseas assignments in roles as diverse as Arctic Warfare Instructor (AWI) in Norway and running a Junior Officer Staff Course as part of the British Military Advisory Training Team (BMATT) in Namibia. His final tour of duty was as an Exchange Officer at the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) from August 2001 until September 2004, leading programs for the development of Intelligence Analysis IT systems in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Colin’s professional qualifications include: MSc In Design of Information Systems, BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering, Project Management Professional (PMP). He applies his diverse real life and technical experience to translate complex technical solutions and capabilities into well-defined value propositions that clearly relate to customer’s missions and needs.

Prior to that Andy spent 8 years as a Sales & Marketing Manager with Marshall Land Systems, a division of the Marshall Group in the UK that designs, manufactures and integrates specialist vehicle shelter and container systems, with responsibility for military export markets. Before that Andy served 22 years in the British Army, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers completing a variety of tours around the world.

This career path has provided, qualifications, skills and knowledge across a wide range of areas including:

• Integrated Logistic Support
• Programme and Project Management
• Business Development
• Sales & Marketing
• Supply Chain Management
• Quality Management
• OSH
• Personnel Management
• Finance
• Communication and Diplomacy

Eric assisted to design and then delivered nationally accredited HME and Narcotics response courses to thousands of Military and Public Safety responders both here in the US and in many international countries.

Eric was intimately involved in the responding to the Boston Marathon Attack. As a result of this experience Eric briefed hundreds of US and International key stakeholders on some of the operational lessons learned, while providing training relative to a progressive dismounted approach to counter IED operations, Homemade Explosives, Robot Operations and Explosive Breaching.

In 2015, Eric formed the OPS15 LLC, which connects some of the most experienced and progressive operators internationally for the purposes of training and consulting. Eric also has been on contract with many of the US Industry leading technology providers to advise in the areas of explosives detection and mitigation, robotics, diagnostics, and dismounted operations. An example of this was Eric’s work to develop a first of its kind lidar assisted 360 threat detection and alert system for public safety vehicles in the US.

Eric joins the EPE Team as EPE North America’s Director – Business Development and is responsible for developing our US businesses operations in the North American market.

Seamus was responsible for designing the first internationally recognised Weapons Intelligence Team training course that has been delivered to Armed Forces in over twenty countries including USA, Canada and Australia. Prior to working in the commercial sector, Seamus served as an Ammunition Technical Officer in the British Army for 28 years. He has seen operational service in Iraq, Northern Ireland and mainland UK. Seamus also served at the British Army’s IEDD training school, the Felix Centre, on three occasions including two years as the Senior Instructor.

Seamus will be using his wide knowledge of Counter IED operations and training to tailor the EPE consultancy, training and equipment solutions to best meet the needs of our customers.

He has a strong background in all areas of EOD, particularly CBRN matters and served at the British Army School of Ammunition at Kineton as a Biological and Chemical Munitions Disposal Instructor and Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence Instructor. Iain also commanded the national response CBRNE Troop of the New Zealand Army. He has instructed and undertaken training in CBRN disciplines in the United Kingdom, Canada, United States and in New Zealand. Iain has extensive experience of domestic and deployed EOD and CBRN operations in support of civil Police forces and military organisations.

Iain has served in operational EOD/IEDD roles in various countries with deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan in Weapons Intelligence roles. While serving in military EOD appointments Iain was involved in the security operations for many large sporting events, party conferences and VVIP protection operations in support of Police forces in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. He has deployed on operations to Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Falkland Islands and Central America with training and trials deployments to Africa, Canada and the USA. During his military career he was awarded the Queens Commendation for Bravery and the United States Bronze Star Medal for EOD Operations. Iain is also a Certified ASIS Physical Security Professional (PSP).

David worked in a wide range of policing roles prior to qualifying as a Police Bomb Technician and was previously qualified as a Search and Rescue (Land) Coordinator as well as a Firearms & Conducted Energy Weapon Instructor.

David’s operational experiences were complimented by a wide range of training and advisory engagements, both managing and directing training in the areas of CBR Response, C-IED Operations, Search and Electronic Counter Measures.

David was an active member of several National Working Groups, directing capability and training under the Australia and New Zealand Counter Terrorism Committee (ANZCTC).

David has successfully designed, developed and delivered training in all areas of CIED, ECM (manager), Search, CBR and Person Bourne IED (PBIED) Response. Many of these roles involved developing strong partnerships with other key stakeholder groups such as Fire HAZMAT and Scientific Units, Police Forensic Teams, Tactical and Specialist Military units.

David has also had the opportunity to employ all of these specialist skills whilst responding to incidents within domestic Australia.

David is committed to using his knowledge and experience to understand requirements of our EPE clients and provide capability to meet these requirements.

Geoff has a strong background in High Risk Search and threat assessment, skills which underpinned his later career as an EOD Tech. He gained this early experience over two deployments to Afghanistan as an Engineer High Risk Search Team Commander.

Geoff later used these skillsets as an Observer/Trainer (OT) and an instructor in the training and certification process for subsequent rotations of search operators deploying into theatre. He has also been involved in international engagements, providing specialist search advice and training to Australia’s regional neighbours.

Geoff has also contributed to the development of ADF’s EOD capability having undertaken a three-year posting at the Defence Explosive Ordnance Training School as an instructor where he qualified EOD technicians through the provision of training design, development and delivery.

Geoff is dedicated to utilising his time and experience to understanding the client’s specific needs to provide contemporary solutions and capabilities.

During his time in the military he specialised in instruments, optics, RADAR, electronic weapons platforms, biomedical engineering, guided weapons and ASLAV control systems.
Grant has vast knowledge of workshop management including operational experience.
Grant was formerly a Field Support Representative for the Australian pacific region for a large communications company. Contracted to HQ 1 Division, Grant trained a diverse range of ADF students in the use of FP-ECM, with a strong focus on the MEAO. Grant brings his technical knowledge to the growing maintenance department to ensure the needs of our customer are met.

Working closely with United Kingdom Police Forces, he provided IEDD and other specialist support to major events including the Commonwealth Games and VVIP protection. He commanded the UK’s principal EOD unit (11 EOD Regiment RLC) from 2001-2003.

During his 25 year career in the British Army, Keith also worked at the Defence Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Centre, and as a Lecturer and member of the Directing Staff at the Royal Military College of Science. He led overseas training teams to Zimbabwe and Malaysia, and was Deputy Chief Inspector of an UNSCOM team in Iraq. His final appointment in the British Army was as a Deputy Director of Intelligence within the UK’s Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS).
In 2008, Keith transferred to the Australian Army, where he served as the Chief of Staff to the Australian Defence Force Counter Improvised Explosive Device Task Force (ADF CIEDTF). He contributed to all aspects of the ADF’s Counter IED development, including direct support to troops deployed on operations, and liaison with the Australian Bomb Data Centre.

Keith is a member of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI), and a Member of the Institute of Explosives Engineers.

Much of David military career has revolved around the CBRNE arena.
A calm and decisive leader, David’s most recent postings saw him as a senior adviser, providing strategic guidance to the Chief of Defence Force, Defence Ministerial staff and Service Chiefs. David was also the Commanding Officer of the School of Military Engineering where he led the development and training of over 800 Army personnel to deliver the combat engineering capability to Army. Encompassing various engineering domestic tasks from construction to disaster relief to counter terrorism.