Bob Malcolm
		Born: 5th. April 1946, United Kingdom
		Qualifications: B.Sc.(Maths.w.Elec.Eng.); Chartered Engineer
		Fellow, Institution of Electrical Engineers
		Fellow, Institute of Quality Assurance
		Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce
		Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey
		Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire

Since 1989 Bob has been Managing Director of the consultancy, ideo ltd, providing unbiased advice on R&D and innovation strategy and management. Clients include industry, universities, the European Commission, NATO, and government, including the Department of Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Defence, and the Research Councils in the UK.

Contracts have included:

• Preparation, during 10 years, of a range of reports for the Information Society Technologies Advisory Group of The European Commission
• Preparation of the Strategic Research Agenda for 'Artemis' - the Embedded Systems Technology Platform
• Advising on evolution of the process of proposal selection in European Programmes (e.g. recommendations for changes from the 6th to the 7th Framework Programme in the IST Theme)
• Studies of the relationship between social and economic policies and research and technology development programmes
• Identification of key research areas and challenges for the 7th Framework Programme
• The design and management of national R&D programmes, including the Safety Critical Systems Advanced Technology Programme and the Systems Integration Initiative

Before establishing ideo, Bob worked for twenty years in systems development. In the 1970's he was Chief Engineer of the Airborne Software Division in GEC Avionics, and later took responsibility for avionic software development projects. During the 1980's he moved to CAP, the software and systems house, taking various posts before becoming Research Manager for CAP Group and then Sema Group (UK). He has worked as systems engineer, research manager, quality manager, project manager, and business manager.

Bob chairs the Strategy Board of the Sytems Engineering Innovation Centre; he is also a member of the Independent Steering Group of the BAESYSTEMS-EPSRC Integrated Programme in Aeronautical Engineering and chairs the Management Committee of the Systems Engineering Doctorate Centre. He is a former chairman of the Research and Development Society and a member of the Complexity Society. He was founding chairman of the Informatics Division of the IEE. During the UK Technology Foresight Programme he was a member of the Communications Panel. He was programme co-ordinator for the DTI-EPSRC Safety-Critical Systems Research Programme and for the Systems Integration Initiative, and he chaired the Safety Critical Systems Club Steering Group.

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