Game Based Learning 2010

Stuart started his career at the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (then part of the UK MOD) in 1999, developing defence simulations, and joined QinetiQ when it was privatised in 2001. Since then, Stuart has been responsible for the practical exploitation and application of many simulation technologies in support of a wide and diverse military user base.

As head of the Commercial off the Shelf Evaluation Unit (COTSEU), he has been responsible for some of the earliest uses of commercial gaming technology in the military domain, such as the development of the Joint Convoy Operations Virtual Environment (JCOVE), which is now in operational use. Stuart has delivered over 15 serious game applications to the UK MOD and is the current chairman for the NATO modelling & simulation group (74) set-up to evaluate the potential of commercial games technology. Passionate about his field, he is extremely well regarded across the simulation, games and MOD community, and was instrumental in the creation of the Synthetic Wrap capability, which employs simulation technologies to support numerous military exercises both nationally and internationally. Stuart is now responsible for all technical activities within QinetiQ's Synthetic Environments, Experimentation and Trials (SETE) group in his role as Chief Technical Consultant.

Stuart has presented a number of international papers on evaluation and exploitation of commercial games technology and has supported the pan-government strategy in this area.