The speaker works at Birmingham Airport as an airfield engineer. This role covers a number of aspects, from managing a successful team of airfield technicians to supporting the operational demands of plant and equipment on the airfield. The speaker's objective is to ensure compliance of the airfield ground lighting (AGL) systems and to maintain the associated equipment. Birmingham Airport is beginning a major project, extending the runway to increase its global market reach and business model. As part of the runway project, the speaker is actively involved with the selection process and implementation of new AGL products around the runway (the "Ring of Red").