Professor Barry Evans was appointed to the Alex Harley Reeves Chair of Information Systems Engineering at the University of Surrey in 1983, where he leads the largest UK and European academic research group in Mobile and Satellite Telecommunications. Founder Director of the Centre for Satellite Engineering Research, he became the Director of the Centre for Communication Systems Research (CCSR) in 1996 –a post he still holds. From 1999 to 2001 he was Dean of Engineering and from 2001 to date he holds the Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research & Enterprise) role at Surrey. He has been involved in the UK Foresight programmes in Communications and ITEC, EPSRC Strategic Advisory Committees, MoD-DSAC Committees, adviser to DG of OFTEL, board member of BNSC-TNAB as well as ITU, ETSI and EU Advisory Committees. He is editor of the International Journal of Satellite Communications and has an authorship of over 500 papers in the technical literature and three books. He was elected to a Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1991.

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