About Us

Daniela Petrovic

DARWIN Delivery Director

Entrepreneur, academic researcher and telecom industry consultant for over twenty years. Darwin became Daniela’s dream coming true by combining the industry-government-academia triangle in one innovation project. Daniela’s role in Darwin is in shaping its strategic vision and delivering that vision with first class team gathered in Harwell Science Campus, Telefonica O2 and Telefonica Madrid, Hispasat Madrid and Canary Islands, and university teams in Glasgow and Oxford.

Zichen Lui

Project Planner

Zichen is a technology enthusiast with background in Sport Science (BSc, Loughborough University) and  professional experience of  analytics, primarily based on working with Software analytics related to athletic performance. He is also Team GB team national swimming champion and Olympic GB team finalist. His free time is devoted to keeping fit and learning about latest technology gadgets.

Alex Chambers

Accountant

Alex Chambers joins us in the role of accountant. He brings great  experience in working with SMEs and start-ups as well as new ventures. Here is a short introduction from Alex:

“I especially enjoy working with start-ups and newer ventures, and helping to develop systems to allow the business to run smoothly from a financial perspective, and in turn allow everybody else to get on with what they are good at.

Never far from a calculator (who said accountants are boring). During lockdown, I have been attempting to pick up some new skills with a bit of coding, and a couple of beginner electronic projects on the horizon. I look forward to meeting you all."

Dave Parker

Satellite Industry Consultant

Dave Parker joins us as Satellite industry consultant and brings a wealth of experience of previously working with MoD, Royal Navy, Boeing, Airbus and Eurocontrol Airtraffic System.

Dave will work closely with the architecture team in supporting us in the terrestrial-satellite  convergence solution efforts.

Peter Poskett

Satellite Industry Consultant

Peter Poskett joins us as a Satellite industry consultant focusing on HW development and integration of the Hybrid User terminal to the back end architecture.

He brings great experience of the satellite industry having previously worked for Inmarsat, Airbus Defence and Space and Skynet UK Military.

Peter will work closely with the HUT and Architecture teams in positioning HUT technical and business value proposition.

Zarrar Jadoon

Software Developer

Zarrar Jadoon joined Darwin’s CAV SW Development team this week as a Front End Developer.

Zarrar gained his BSc. Computer Science (First Class)  from University of Portsmouth and continued his education at Oxford Brookes University in Advanced Computer Science.

Zarrar also gained industry experience in startups specialising in Windows App, Web App, E-commerce Websites, open source mobile development and front-end development.

His leisure interests are running, cycling, and playing cricket.

Zarrar will be based in DARWIN Harwell office.

Ram Kurakula

Project Manager

I am a Project Management Consultant with over 20 Years of experience. Worked with big consultancies and was part of complex transformation programmes. I have double masters degree, MBA and M.Engg. My hobbies are cooking and playing/watching cricket. I am based out of Slough, Berkshire.

Rodrigo Barreto

Enterprise Architect

Rodrigo Barreto joined Darwin as our Enterprise Architect. Rodrigo brings over 25 year experience in Enterprise Architecture, having developed blueprints at ZTE (Telco Cloud), TalkTalk (Full MVNO BSS stack) and Vodafone Group (Always on Marketing stack). In his last two projects with Telefonica UK, he was first the engineering lead for local implementation of Telefonica’s UNICA blueprint and later delivered the High Level Design for integration of new BSS and OCS stacks with O2’s Voice Core Network. Rodrigo has an MBA from the University of Manchester and a Bachelors in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Sao Paulo. He lives in Oxford with his family and in his free time enjoys cycling.

Rob Searle

Head of 5G

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Sarah Farragher

DARWIN Financial Controller

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Sophia Ward

DARWIN Operations Manager

Sophia Ward joined Darwin in the role of Operations Manager, supporting Darwin in all legal, HR and operational matters. Sophia is based in London and will also provide support at Harwell. Sophia has worked in the public and non-profit sector for much of her professional life, working with charities, non-profits, trusts, NGOs and local authorities. Sophia brings with her the benefit of a legal background, and she comes with a wealth of experience in operational management working with small and large organisations alike, as well as regulatory expertise gained at the Financial Ombudsman Service. We are delighted that she picked Darwin for her next professional role. In her spare time, Sophia engages with community work and charity work, and enjoys cooking and baking. Her favourite way to relax is to go for long country walks or hikes, and indulge in her passion for creative writing.

Zoran Spasojevic

Lead Architect

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Aidan Syed

Enterprise Architect

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Richard Thomas

Senior Developer

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Milos Petrovic

CEO Darwin Innovation Group, DARWIN Board Member

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Andrew Davies

Consultant

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David Owens

Test & Trials Manager

David's main role in Darwin is introduction and testing of new technology solutions in terrestrial and satellite industries.

Athar Meo

Network Architect

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Steve Brown

Head of 5G CoE Harwell

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Miguel Morales

Satellite Architect

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Prof. Nuran Acur

Regulations Lead

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Stephan von Delft

Business Modelling Lead

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Bryony Grimes

Video Production Editor

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Dan Calabrese

Video Production Editor

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