President’s Biography
Richard Denning MSC, BEng, CEng, FSaRS, MIMechE
After Graduating from Southampton University, Richard worked for the Ministry of Defence as a project manager for new Royal Navy fire fighting and damage control training systems. It was during this period that he became interested in Reliability, as he was given the additional duties of ensuring that a number of new systems met the reliability requirements.
Building on this work in 1993 he was given a sabbatical to gain an MSc in Quality Improvement and System Reliability at city university. This was followed by a number of years advising Naval projects from Torpedoes and Sonars, through Missiles and radars to Frigates and aircraft carriers on what Reliability is required to be successful and how to achieve it. This role cumulated with him leading the team of internal consultants supporting all new and in-service projects associated with the Royal Navy.
In 2004 he took on responsibility for developing a group of 170 to be the single source of expertise in the MOD on Reliability and Reliability Centred Maintenance. In 2005 he became the deputy leader of this new group and head of the policy group which develops policy, advice and training on Reliability and Reliability Centred maintenance for the MoD.
He has been a member of the SaRS western Branch committee since 1998, was chairman 2002/3 and 2003/4. He has been a member of SaRS council since 2000, Chairman 2003/4, Treasurer 2004/5