Carl: Joining Roke as a service leaver
Meet Carl, a Business Operations Manager in our Operations and Resourcing team. He joined Roke last year after attending our inaugural Service Leaver’s Day event, which demonstrated insights to life at Roke and how we support people with their careers after leaving the armed forces.
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Jack: From Academy to Engineer
Meet Jack, one of our fantastic Engineers. He joined Roke as part of our third Roke Academy cohort through which he found a love of software engineering.
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Jay: Return of the Rokie
Some of our employees love it so much here that even when they leave, they eventually come back! One such Rokie is Infrastructure Engineer Jay. We caught up with him to chat about why he left, and why he came back, as well as how he challenges himself everyday and his many roles as a dad!
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National Apprenticeship Week: Tom
It’s National Apprenticeship Week! To celebrate we’ve interviewed some of our fantastic Rokies on our Apprenticeship Scheme. Today it’s Tom, a Graduate Engineer in our Defence team who recently completed his apprenticeship with us. He chatted to us about how he found the course, and what he has been doing since graduating.
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National Apprenticeship Week: Emily
It’s National Apprenticeship Week! To celebrate we’ve interviewed some of our fantastic Rokies on our Apprenticeship Scheme. Today it’s Emily, a Technical Apprentice in our Futures team. She chatted to us about her careers goals and how Roke is supporting them, and juggling university and full time work.
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Wez: Getting stuck in
Meet Wez, one of our brilliant engineers, and a member of our Veteran’s Network. He’s brought his can-do attitude from a career in the RAF to the fore to get stuck into the most challenging client projects.
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James: Mission Possible
Meet our Innovation Director, James Luke. His team are the brains behind the Roke innovation machine, working daily to use our capabilities to develop the next generation of solutions to help support the critical missions of our customers.
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Jamie: Physics and football
Meet Jamie, a Senior Consultant in our Futures business unit. We chatted about how he’s applying his background in physics to his client-facing work at Roke, and his love of the beautiful game.
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Ayisha: Racing into pole position
Meet Ayisha, a Consultant in our Futures Business Unit. We chatted about her journey on our graduate scheme so far, how she’s already taking the lead on client projects, and who she’s backing for the F1 season.
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Colette: Shooting for the moon
Meet Colette, an engineer based at our Manchester hub. We chatted about her experience on our development programme, how she’s already taking on client projects and working to inspire more girls to pursue a STEM career.
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Harry: Visions of the future
Meet Harry, one of our leading computer vision specialists. We caught up with him to discuss his role as a line manager within Roke, the changes in computer vision that have disrupted the industry, and what he loves about working with us.
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Rob: The future is now
Meet Rob, our Head of Profession for Future Compute and Software. We chatted to him about his multiple stints at Roke, how computing has evolved from being akin to caring for a pet, to managing an entire zoo, and humanity’s future among the stars.
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Mick: When a plan comes together
Meet Mick. He’s our Head of Operation Workforce Planning, and has been instrumental in Roke receiving a Defence Gold ERS Award for our commitment to the Armed Forces community. We caught up with him to discuss his transition from the military to the corporate world, the complexities of ensuring the right Rokies take on the right jobs and his never-ending DIY commitments away from his desk.
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Becky: A Zwift rise to success
Meet Becky, an Engineer and Data Scientist. Here she chats to us about the support she’s received from Roke to sculpt her career, how the team in our Manchester hub are bringing their A game to make their mark on the business and educates on the finer points of Zwifting.
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Steven: Paving the path to cyber success
In our latest Cyber Launchpad interview we caught up with Steven, a Technical Engineering Apprentice. He told us about his aspiration to take on leadership roles at Roke, the support he’s received to complete his university degree while working on real projects and how he’s working to support his community by becoming a police Special Constable.
Find out moreJohn: Hacking the hackers
John’s up next in our series of interviews with our 2021 Cyber Launchpad cohort. A Technical Engineering Apprentice in our National Security team, he chatted to us about his lifelong love of computers, why Roke stood out to him above the rest and the skills he has developed on the programme.
Find out moreNatasha: STEM, sewing and Cyber Security
In the first of a series of interviews with members of our 2021 Cyber Launchpad cohort, we caught up with Natasha, a Graduate Engineer in our National Security team. She chatted with us about the projects she’s taken on at Roke so far, being part of our Girls in Engineering STEM outreach programme and how she goes from tech to textiles during her free time.
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Life at Roke: Providing national security to help keep the UK safe and secure
Whilst many of our teams switched to home-working during the pandemic, some colleagues remained on-site throughout in support of our customer’s critical missions. We caught up with two Rokies who shared more about their recent experience.
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Tom: Championing Digital Transformation
Meet Tom. He discusses how he’s applying his expertise to solve complex customer problems, juggling his PhD and full-time job, and his role in helping Southampton become the tech hub of the South Coast.
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Luke: Engineering success
Meet Luke, Head of Engineering for our Futures Business Unit. He discusses how he influences the way our Engineers solve critical problems for our customers, and the importance of bringing in the next generation of Rokies.
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Adele: Bring on Big Data
Meet Adele, one of our Data Scientists working from our Manchester hub. We caught up with her to discuss how her work in Big Data is integral to customer missions, the adoption of automation and Machine Learning systems in Data Science and the art of playing fetch with a lazy pooch.
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Diane: The art of software engineering
Meet Diane, one of our world class Software Engineers. We chatted with her about getting our customers ready to embrace hybrid working, the evolution of software development, and wildlife spotting in the grounds of our Romsey site.
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Jasbir: Delving into data
Meet Jasbir, a Senior Data Science Software Engineer working from our Gloucester hub. He discusses what his considerable skillset brings to Roke & how we’re adapting our Data Science offering to help customers get the best out of their data.
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Rob: Managing success
Rob, our Head of Technical Delivery chats to us on how he and his community of delivery professionals support us, our partners and our customers. We also dig a little deeper into his journey from kid-coder to engineering professional.
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Neil: Digitalisation is the new norm
Neil is our Futures Business Unit Director. Neil has held a number of senior roles at large organisations and is working with his team to take on the challenges of digitalisation and transformation by becoming a key technology partner to their customers.
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Mark: From infantry soldier to computer scientist
After leaving the Army Reserves, Mark shares how his journey from infantry soldier to postgraduate, and how his desire for working in cyber security has led to a satisfying career at Roke.
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Sophie: Realising your potential
Sophie, a technical engineering apprentice, chats to us about her Roke apprenticeship and how she's hit the ground running across multiple areas of the business.
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Ali: A bid for success
Ali, one of our bid officers, speaks to us about his journey from bid apprentice to bid officer.
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Aashish: Fascinations with all things engineering
Aashish, our Innovation Leader, explains how his love of tech and sci-fi movies inspired him to take a career in engineering.
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Jim: 'A new beat' - My first year at Roke
Jim, Managing Consultant and former police officer, takes us through his first year at Roke.
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Mark: Thinking ahead
Mark, Head of Profession for Cyber & Networks and Information Assurance and Human Science, discusses his career, and how Roke is combining our expertise in cyber security, AI and machine learning to design security in to smart transport systems and critical national infrastructure.
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Angharad: The science of data
Angharad, Head of Profession for our data science profession, discusses her career in the industry and the groundbreaking work her team are doing everyday.
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Bethan: Land and sea
Bethan, one of our senior engineers, discusses her journey from marine biology to AI and machine learning.
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Lynsey: From frontline to consultant
Lynsey, one of our senior consultants, is helping customers unlock value with the development of the latest law enforcement tools and technologies.
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