Richard Lee Managing Director

Richard left the Army in August 2012 upon completion of his colour service. He served with the Royal Corps of Signals for 27 years seeing active service in a number of theatres. He did his resettlement training with Ubi-Tech and then joined the company as Operations Director in 2012 and he is now successfully leading the company as Managing Director.

Mike Harbon Operations Director

Mike served in the Royal Navy as a communicator and on leaving experienced the inadequacies of a resettlement process that offered training in either plumbing or car mechanics! He did the car mechanics course solely because he got taught to drive and then completed self-study courses and also attended a college course in IT and entered the world of IT and telecommunications in 1980. His career path took him from operations to technical support and then as head of technical skill development for the EMEA region of AT&T. He joined Ubi-Tech in 2014 and works closely with the armed forces students on their CVs, job searches and interview preparation.

Rob GardinerRobert Gardiner Non Executive Director
Professor of Mobile and Wireless Systems

Rob is one of the founder partners of Ubi-Tech alongside Richard Lee and Mike Harbon and has been appointed a Professor at the University of Suffolk where he is now working independently as a Professor of Mobile and Wireless Systems within the STEM Faculty. Rob was appointed by the Appointments and Promotions Board and undertakes a number of roles within his specialism. He is delighted to remain closely associated with Ubi-Tech and to continue to provide invaluable insight and knowledge on future technologies in the telecoms industry on a consultative basis and to act as our liaison into academia. He gives Ubi-Tech advice and guidance on industry training requirements and he is also our university moderator and reviews and marks all student papers before final submission to the university assessment boards.

Adrian DaviesAdrian Davies Head of Training

Adrian served over 8 years in the Army Air Corps as a signaller and qualified as a regimental signals instructor. After leaving the Army he has worked for Marconi, Cable and Wireless and Vodafone. During this time he has supported multi-vendor SDH and DWDM Networks and has been the technical prime for introducing new technology which has involved project managing upgrades and managing the technical relationships with Vendors and provided internal training as and when required.

Maria Hall Maria Hall Operations Manager

Maria is the Ubi-Tech Office Manager and is often the first point of contact within the Ubi-Tech team. She works with the candidates enquiring about our courses to ensure they have all the relevant information and understand the process to apply for ELCAS. When they are on the course Maria is on hand for any enquiries the students have.

On a day to day basis she completes the main office tasks to ensure our courses run smoothly and efficiently. Her role includes generating and following up sales leads, representing Ubi-Tech at industry training and employment fairs, providing customer care, invoicing and finance and managing relationships with corporate customers.

Christine DedmanChristine Dedman Head of Marketing

Christine is an experienced Marketing and Communications professional with sixteen years cross sector experience spanning B2B, consumer, public and third sector markets, both in-house and agency. Christine has a relevant background in Defence communications having been marketing manager for Defence Communications Agency Western Europe and Communications Officer for SSAFA Forces Help Western Europe. Christine currently consults for the University of Wolverhampton in developing their Armed Forces Education portfolio and business programme engagement. Former roles held include; senior key account manager for the Britvic Trade PR programme (major brands such as Pepsi, J2O) and Communications Manager for the BII. Christine is an experienced major bids writer with notable success in researching and writing a bid to the Department of Health and MoD Covenant funding. Christine is spouse to a serving Army Officer and understands first hand the challenges of military life, she also founded and directs the Forces Enterprise Network in support of service families in business.

Richard BourneRichard Bourne Business Manager and Board Advisor

Richard is an experienced Change and Transformation expert. He specialises in Advanced Strategy, and Executive Coaching that unlocks growth potential for business and individuals alike. Richard qualified from Aston University in 2015 with an MBA (with distinction) and is currently working towards a professional level within coaching through CTI training. Richard has worked with Cisco where he was a critical issues manager and a transformation leader driving customer success, AT&T as an operations global transformation leader, and Light Source, a fibre installation business which has seen its growth place it 18th on the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 listing in 2019. Richard is also working with Aston University as a small business mentor through their Goldman Sachs programme.