Robert Halligan, FIE (Aust.)
An executive professional engineer, manager and engineering practitioner, Mr Halligan is renowned internationally for his role in the practice and improvement of technology-based projects. Mr Halligan obtained his qualifications at the University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. After early engineering, engineering management and project management roles with Telecom Australia, Department of Defence (Australia), Rockwell International and Andrew Corporation, Mr Halligan has for the last twenty years contributed to major systems projects worldwide as a consultant and trainer.
Mr Halligan has worked extensively in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. In recent years, Mr Halligan has consulted and trained on engineering processes for companies whose goals have been to successfully commercialise their technologies. Clients include Mitsubishi (Japan), BAe Systems (United Kingdom), Aerosystems International (United Kingdom), Tellabs Inc (United States), Kongsberg Defence (Norway), Cochlear (Belgium), EADS (Germany), Thales (The Netherlands) and many others.
Application areas in which Mr Halligan has significant experience include consumer products, medical products, radio and digital communications, land transportation, aviation, space and defence.
Mr Halligan lead the development and delivery of the Masters module "Managing Engineering Projects" for the Australian Graduate School of Engineering Innovation, a joint venture between two Australian Universities.
Mr Halligan is Past President of the Systems Engineering Society of Australia. He was also a member of the interim Committee of the Victorian Node of Software Engineering Australia, formed to implement the Australian Government's policy towards software engineering. He was an Australian delegate to the ISO WG7 developing the new international system life cycle processes standard, ISO/IEC 12258, and until recently lead the delegation of the International Council on Systems Engineering to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7 on software and system engineering. Mr Halligan was a key reviewer of EIA 632 (Engineering of Systems) and EIA 731 (Systems Engineering Capability Model). He was a contributor of content to EIA/IS 632 and its successor in the area of requirements quality, and to IEEE 1220 in the area of functional analysis. Mr Halligan served as Director (International) of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE).
Mr Halligan has lead five systems engineering capability assessments, between other consulting engagements and an extensive program of public and in-house training in systems engineering. He delivers this training program on six continents.
Contact details: rhalligan@ppi-int.com, tel +61-3-9876-7345