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TCC PROFILE
Alain Carof

Committee Members
Technical Director, DSIS Information & Security Systems Division – DCNS
France
DSNS / DSIS - Technical & Technology Director, (Surveillance & Information Systems Direction)
Graduate Engineer from ENST (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des télécommunications, Paris - 1977), Alain Carof has 30 years of experience in complex system design, Technical management & Strategic R&D planning.
He has been working during 28 years for the THALES group of companies, mainly in the Naval domain, covering Radar signal processing, Sonar & underwater systems, UUV’s, submarine and surface ship combat systems. Between 1998 and 2001 he went in Australia, as Technical Director of TMS Pty (now Thales Underwater Systems).
He has produced several patents and numerous papers in various conferences (OCEANS, UDT, MAST) has been French industry representative for Euclid (WEAG)
In 2008 he joined the DCNS group, as Technical & Technology Director of the Surveillance & Information Systems Direction (DSIS), in charge of Multi-platform Combat Management Systems, Command & Information Systems & Maritime Surveillance.
The Committee
Chairman
Past Chairman
Rear Admiral Bertil Bjorkman
Former Defence Attaché to United States and ex-Director Produktion – FMV (Swedish Defence Materiel Administration)
Sweden
Founding Members
Executive Advisors
Don McCormack
Technical Director – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States
Rear Admiral Kate Paige
President, Mark India LLC & Special Advisor to U.S. Strategic Command’s Strategic Advisory Board – US MoD
United States
Dr. John Sirmalis
Technical Director (Retired) – Naval Undersea Warfare Centre NAVSEA
United States
Integrated Systems Committee Chair
Surface Committee Chair
Thierry Brizard
Vice President, Research & Technology – Thales Naval Systems
France
Undersea Committee Chair
Dr. Paul Lefebvre
Technical Director – Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport
United States
Committee Members
James van Antwerp
Technical Director – Naval Undersea Warfare Center (Division Keyport)
United States
Jerry Bradshaw
Technical Director, Undersea Technology – Raytheon
United States
André Buhart
Innovation & Technology Manager – Thales - DMS (Naval)
France
Alain Carof
Technical Director, DSIS Information & Security Systems Division – DCNS
France
Matthias Conrad
Senior System Engineer – L3 Communications ELAC Nautik GmbH
Germany
Lyn-Markus Giersch
Office for Defence Procurement (Naval branch) – BWB/Ministry of Defence
Germany
Patrick Keyzer
Business Developer Maritime Operations – TNO Defence, Security & Safety
Netherlands
Roger Mathias
Board Member – Review Board Government Contracting
United Kingdom
George McNamara
Chief Development Officer – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States
Thomas Meurling
Vice President, Solution Concepts – Reson Global Group
United States
Bill Mildon
Vice President, Technology – Ametek
United States
Ralf Siegfried
Head of Systems Engineering – L-3 Communications ELAC Nautik
Germany
Patricia Woody
Department Head, C/90 – Naval Surface Warfare Center
United States
George Zvara
International Program Coordinator – Naval Undersea Warfare Center
United States
Conference Administrators
Jackie Baron
Business Director – MAST Events Ltd
United Kingdom
Warren Edge
Business Director – MAST Events Ltd
United Kingdom
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