John has been Professor of Software Engineering at the University of York since 1987. He set up the High Integrity Systems Engineering (HISE) research group in the Department of Computer Science and was Head of the Department from 2006 to 2012. HISE studies a broad range of issues in systems, software and safety engineering, and works closely with government and industry, e.g. Airbus, BAE Systems, the Civil Aviation Authority, the MoD, QinetiQ, Siemens and Rolls-Royce. He is author or editor of six books and has published about 380 papers. He has advised companies and government departments on several continents, e.g. advising the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on software safety, and reviewing safety management in the UK Defence maritime sector. He has set up and run a number of small companies, and became Chairman of Rapita Systems in January 2014. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2002, and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year’s Honours list for services to the Defence Industry.
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