Our Team
DSSEC has a dependable and reliable set of staff with a wide range of training and skillsets. A few of our team members can be seen below.
Gary Beard
Managing Director
A Chartered Engineer with 47 years’ experience including 23 years in the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers providing the drive and strategic direction to DSSEC’s ideology in terms of Through-Life Support, encapsulating the adoption of Engineering disciplines as ‘services’.
Katie Richardson
Lead Engineer
Katie joined DSSEC in 2012 with a BSc in Physics and has been working in Supportability Engineering and related disciplines across multiple MoD programmes. She has gained in-depth experience in the application and management of ILS and has provided real results to the customer and wider user community.
Amanda Lyon
HR Manager
Amanda joined DSSEC in 2011 as the HR and Training Manager. She leads our recruitment strategy and the company Training Programme.
Elliot Knowlson
Through Life Support Engineer
Elliot joined DSSEC in 2021 with an MEng in Mechanical Engineering and an MSc in Advanced Engineering Management. Since completing the Graduate Scheme, he has had the opportunity to lead DSSEC teams across two contracts, serving as both ILS Manager and Obsolescence Manager.
Moksha Chhaparwal
Systems Graduate
Moksha joined DSSEC in 2025 with a MEng in Aerospace Engineering. She is currently in the Graduate Scheme, through which she is developing her knowledge of Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) and enhancing her skills by contributing to a range of projects.
Jamie McDonald
Analyst
Jamie joined DSSEC in 2023 with a BSc in Physics. He has gained a broad range of experience working closely with customers on three varied projects, spanning both software and hardware. Areas he has developed knowledge and skills in include ARM, Supply Support, Human Factors Integration and Obsolescence.
Esteban Solis Chaves
Through Life Support Engineer
Esteban joined DSSEC as a Graduate Through Life Support Engineer in 2023 with a MEng in Aerospace Engineering. He has gained valuable experience working in a variety of roles across a range of contracts. Having completed the Graduate Scheme, Esteban has since taken on a leadership role delivering an ILS programme.
DSSEC is committed to the highest standards in delivery of Engineering Consultancy Services. We listen to our clients, continually reviewing our processes of service delivery in line with operational needs, maximising the efficiency of our resources and management system. The principal elements of our policy are as follows:
Understand – Understand the requirements of our interested parties,
establishing levels of communication capable of fully determining their needs and expectations;
Foster – Foster a quality mind-set with the objective of providing
exceptional services that are trusted and preferred by our clients;
Establish – Establish and maintain an infrastructure capable of
supporting all company activities and realising all company objectives;
Develop – Develop and maintain a Quality Management System satisfying
the requirements of BS EN ISO9001:2015 to ensure that our company complies with all applicable statutory
and regulatory requirements and standards.
Identify – Identify scope for improvement in every aspect of the
company’s activities by defining quality objectives, devising and implementing effective solutions to achieve them, and
monitoring progress as part of our Management Review.