Brigadier (Ret'd) Ian Cameron-Mowat works as an independent consultant in vehicle systems, electronic countermeasures, surveillance, and counter-terrorism technology; he is also a founding director of CSB Defence, a consultancy company operating across a number of technology sectors in defence and security. In both roles, he helps companies to find opportunities and win business. He has spoken at or chaired conferences on vehicle survivability and situational awareness,
robotics and autonomous systems, counter-drone and counter-IED. Ian went into officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1983. As a Russian graduate, he had a busy Cold War. After that unexpected success, he alternated between mainstream Royal Signals appointments and posts in equipment capability, security, and counterterrorism in the UK and with the United Nations. Highlights of his earlier career including waking up on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall the morning after it came down and spending his birthday with his Regiment up to his chest in the cold, muddy River Ouse when it flooded York in 2000. His final seven years in uniform were spent, first as a colonel and finally as a brigadier, heading Special Projects and Force Protection teams in the UK MOD’s procurement organization, Defence Equipment and Support. Among other areas he was responsible for the UK’s counter-IED systems, force protection surveillance and active protection systems for armoured vehicles.

William Hooper is a Principal Land Survivability Engineer within the Platform Systems division of DSTL. He is currently the technical lead for the Next Generation Electro Optical Sensor (NGEOs) for Land APS package, alongside a number of other enabling technology research packages. William has worked in the fields of Integrated Survivability, Vulnerability and lethality assessment, and test and evaluation during his career, but has predominantly specialised in the assessment and evaluation of Land based Active Protection Systems (APS).

After his doctoral thesis in physics on high-temperature MEMS in the cooperate research centre of Airbus Defence, he worked for 2 years as a research associate on the Development of a system to detect hidden explosives by Laser Ion Mobility Spectroscopy (LIMS)

In 2008 he moved to the department of missile warner systems and joined the project MUSS (Multi-functional Self-Protection System) at an early stage being responsible for the electro-optical components of the Missile Warner.

In 2016 he took over the role as Technical Manager of the MUSS for the MEDUSA TDP in UK, which also included the implementation and demonstration of MUSS on the Challenger 2 platform.

Since 2020 he manages the development of MUSS 2 - the next generation of MUSS.
Today he is the chief engineer of all ground based self-protection systems of the company HENSOLDT Sensors in Taufkirchen, Germany.

Mr Turkcan has more than 31 years of active duty served within the Royal Nether-lands Army.
Within those 31 years, he has served at the Recon battalion, Air Assault Brigade, Tank battalion, Cavalry school, Combat manoeuvre development centre and the
Defense Material organisation.
Performed 5 missions and several additional foreign assignments.

He has a long history with the CV90, mainly for setting up the requirements as end user representative and responsible for the operational qualifications.

He has been working with BAE Systems Hägglunds since may 2022 as Director of the CV90 platforms at Business and Development. In this position keeping customer and future customer relations and setting up the strategy, research, and develop-ment on the CV90 platform.
Mr Turkcan is also taking part from BAE:s point of view in the CV90 user groups, personally being a representative in the 7 nation strong CV90 User Group.

Çagri Acar is the systems engineering team leader for active protection systems (APS) at ASELSAN Inc. He has been working at ASELSAN Inc. since 1999. He has started as a test and evaluation engineer and after 2004 he was appointed as a systems engineer. During his career, he has been involved in the development, testing and evaluation of Electronic Warfare (EW) Self Protection Systems, namely missile warning systems, radar warning systems, electronic countermeasure systems for the airborne platforms. Since 2014, he is the lead responsible for the development of PULAT and AKKOR APSs for the land platforms, mainly Main Battle Tank and Light Armored Vehicles. Çagri holds B.S. and M.S. Electronic Engineering degree.

Recognized as one of the most prominent Active Protection Systems (APS) Campaign Leaders, Dan Kalfus is a world-renowned Business Development expert and an entrepreneur at heart.
He is known for being a proactive leader as well as for building long lasting partnerships with Defence industry leaders.
After gaining unique experience via winning strategic contracts with the German Ministry of Defense (MOD) for the procurement of combat systems, Dan had lead the establishment of EuroTrophy GmbH and was appointed Managing Director of the company upon its foundation in March 2022.
As Managing Director, he plans to make EuroTrophy GmbH the European hub for APS and to further expand the deployment of such systems with NATO Forces.

Brigadier (Ret'd) Ian Cameron-Mowat works as an independent consultant in vehicle systems, electronic countermeasures, surveillance, and counter-terrorism technology; he is also a founding director of CSB Defence, a consultancy company operating across a number of technology sectors in defence and security. In both roles, he helps companies to find opportunities and win business. He has spoken at or chaired conferences on vehicle survivability and situational awareness,
robotics and autonomous systems, counter-drone and counter-IED. Ian went into officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1983. As a Russian graduate, he had a busy Cold War. After that unexpected success, he alternated between mainstream Royal Signals appointments and posts in equipment capability, security, and counterterrorism in the UK and with the United Nations. Highlights of his earlier career including waking up on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall the morning after it came down and spending his birthday with his Regiment up to his chest in the cold, muddy River Ouse when it flooded York in 2000. His final seven years in uniform were spent, first as a colonel and finally as a brigadier, heading Special Projects and Force Protection teams in the UK MOD’s procurement organization, Defence Equipment and Support. Among other areas he was responsible for the UK’s counter-IED systems, force protection surveillance and active protection systems for armoured vehicles.

William Hooper is a Principal Land Survivability Engineer within the Platform Systems division of DSTL. He is currently the technical lead for the Next Generation Electro Optical Sensor (NGEOs) for Land APS package, alongside a number of other enabling technology research packages. William has worked in the fields of Integrated Survivability, Vulnerability and lethality assessment, and test and evaluation during his career, but has predominantly specialised in the assessment and evaluation of Land based Active Protection Systems (APS).

LTC Scott Coulson is a retired Armor officer, with tours as a tank platoon leader, scout platoon leader, tank company executive officer and tank company commander. He has also served in combat as a Cavalry Squadron Operations Officer in 4th Infantry Division in Baghdad in 2006, and was the executive officer and Regimental Deputy Commander of the 11th ACR, the OPFOR at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin. He has in-depth experience in mounted and dismounted maneuver warfare in all types of terrain as both a commander and trainer. He served as a team leader and operations officer in Afghanistan on the Counterinsurgency Advisory and Assistance Team, working directly for COMISAF and observing mounted and dismounted counterinsurgency operations in 3 of the 4 regional command areas. As a Battalion Commander he both trained Joint combat advisors from across the force to prepare them for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan, and also deployed as a Security Force Assistance Team leader while in command, advising Afghan forces in Kunar province while attached to a light Infantry Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division. He has thorough knowledge and understanding of combat vehicles, systems, maintenance and operations from his extensive operational career and has operated or led units equipped with M1IP, M1A1/A2 tanks, and M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles. In his most recent role as Maneuver Branch Chief in Capabilities Development Directorate of the Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) LTC Coulson spent three years managing requirements for the Army’s combat vehicle fleet. His portfolio included both emerging initiatives and programs (MPF, GMV, LRV, GCV, AMP-V, Stryker Lethality Upgrade and Vehicle Protection Systems) as well as existing programs of record (Abrams, Bradley, Stryker, MRAP and Hercules). He worked extensively preparing leadership for Configuration Steering Boards, Weapon System Reviews, Army and Joint Requirement Oversight Councils, Capability Portfolio Reviews and advised leadership on key decisions, prioritization and resourcing. In this role he networked extensively within the Army and DoD, as well as in civilian industry and academia to gain a full understanding of various combat vehicle stakeholders, their interests, roles, positions and capabilities. He took an active role in the development, staffing and vetting of the current requirements for both MPF and VPS. He has also participated in live fire testing of active protection systems and vehicle underbody protection systems. He twice presented the maneuver force update at the National Ground Intelligence Center’s annual Threat Coordination Working Group, and has a full understanding of anti-armor systems, technology, proliferation, and tactics. He most recently assisted in writing, editing, staffing, publishing and implementing the U.S. Army Combat Vehicle Modernization Strategy (CVMS), and has made several public presentations on the CVMS and the implementation plan for it. He is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University with a B.A. degree in History, and has a Masters in Business Administration (with honors) from Arizona State University. He is also a graduate of the Defense Acquisition University Combat Developers Course (JCIDS).

Upon retirement he founded Mass XV LLC (mass x velocity = momentum) Maneuver Combat Systems Consulting focused on providing requirement strategy, business development, mission engineering, and other marketing services to firms who offer cutting edge technology for Army warfighters. Mass XV is a growing company, headquartered in Southern Virginia.

LTC Scott Coulson is a retired Armor officer, with tours as a tank platoon leader, scout platoon leader, tank company executive officer and tank company commander. He has also served in combat as a Cavalry Squadron Operations Officer in 4th Infantry Division in Baghdad in 2006, and was the executive officer and Regimental Deputy Commander of the 11th ACR, the OPFOR at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin. He has in-depth experience in mounted and dismounted maneuver warfare in all types of terrain as both a commander and trainer. He served as a team leader and operations officer in Afghanistan on the Counterinsurgency Advisory and Assistance Team, working directly for COMISAF and observing mounted and dismounted counterinsurgency operations in 3 of the 4 regional command areas. As a Battalion Commander he both trained Joint combat advisors from across the force to prepare them for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan, and also deployed as a Security Force Assistance Team leader while in command, advising Afghan forces in Kunar province while attached to a light Infantry Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division. He has thorough knowledge and understanding of combat vehicles, systems, maintenance and operations from his extensive operational career and has operated or led units equipped with M1IP, M1A1/A2 tanks, and M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles. In his most recent role as Maneuver Branch Chief in Capabilities Development Directorate of the Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) LTC Coulson spent three years managing requirements for the Army’s combat vehicle fleet. His portfolio included both emerging initiatives and programs (MPF, GMV, LRV, GCV, AMP-V, Stryker Lethality Upgrade and Vehicle Protection Systems) as well as existing programs of record (Abrams, Bradley, Stryker, MRAP and Hercules). He worked extensively preparing leadership for Configuration Steering Boards, Weapon System Reviews, Army and Joint Requirement Oversight Councils, Capability Portfolio Reviews and advised leadership on key decisions, prioritization and resourcing. In this role he networked extensively within the Army and DoD, as well as in civilian industry and academia to gain a full understanding of various combat vehicle stakeholders, their interests, roles, positions and capabilities. He took an active role in the development, staffing and vetting of the current requirements for both MPF and VPS. He has also participated in live fire testing of active protection systems and vehicle underbody protection systems. He twice presented the maneuver force update at the National Ground Intelligence Center’s annual Threat Coordination Working Group, and has a full understanding of anti-armor systems, technology, proliferation, and tactics. He most recently assisted in writing, editing, staffing, publishing and implementing the U.S. Army Combat Vehicle Modernization Strategy (CVMS), and has made several public presentations on the CVMS and the implementation plan for it. He is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University with a B.A. degree in History, and has a Masters in Business Administration (with honors) from Arizona State University. He is also a graduate of the Defense Acquisition University Combat Developers Course (JCIDS).

Upon retirement he founded Mass XV LLC (mass x velocity = momentum) Maneuver Combat Systems Consulting focused on providing requirement strategy, business development, mission engineering, and other marketing services to firms who offer cutting edge technology for Army warfighters. Mass XV is a growing company, headquartered in Southern Virginia.

Brigadier (Ret'd) Ian Cameron-Mowat works as an independent consultant in vehicle systems, electronic countermeasures, surveillance, and counter-terrorism technology; he is also a founding director of CSB Defence, a consultancy company operating across a number of technology sectors in defence and security. In both roles, he helps companies to find opportunities and win business. He has spoken at or chaired conferences on vehicle survivability and situational awareness,
robotics and autonomous systems, counter-drone and counter-IED. Ian went into officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1983. As a Russian graduate, he had a busy Cold War. After that unexpected success, he alternated between mainstream Royal Signals appointments and posts in equipment capability, security, and counterterrorism in the UK and with the United Nations. Highlights of his earlier career including waking up on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall the morning after it came down and spending his birthday with his Regiment up to his chest in the cold, muddy River Ouse when it flooded York in 2000. His final seven years in uniform were spent, first as a colonel and finally as a brigadier, heading Special Projects and Force Protection teams in the UK MOD’s procurement organization, Defence Equipment and Support. Among other areas he was responsible for the UK’s counter-IED systems, force protection surveillance and active protection systems for armoured vehicles.