Richard (Taff) Watts - SDSC-UK 2024

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Richard (Taff) Watts

Richard (Taff) Watts

Director for BD & Commercial , SiXworks

Richard Watts, also known as Taff Watts, served in the British Army for 23 years in the Royal Corps of Signals. His career highlights include operational deployments to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Ireland, and Afghanistan.

In 2016, Taff retired early and joined L3 (later L3Harris) as the Director of Strategic Development in Europe. In this role, he collaborated with various partners to develop networked ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) solutions for European defense forces.

In 2022, Taff took on the role of Director of Business Development and Commercial at SiXworks Limited. SiXworks specialises in deliver Digital Experimentation for Ministry of Defence (MOD) customers and advocates for Zero Trust and Data-Centric architectures. In 2024, SiXworks became part of the IBM family, which has enabled greater opportunities for delivering digital innovation at pace.

Taff holds a BSc in Physics, an MSc in the Design of Information Systems, and an MA in Defence Studies.

Sessions

20-Nov-2024

14:30– 15:30

Main Exhibition Hall
Addressing the Skills Challenge

I found the event to be nothing short of outstanding. In my view 3CDSE has very quickly become a ‘must exhibit’ show for 2020.

David Lever
UK Sales & Marketing Manager, Qioptiq
One of the best events I have ever been to in over 20 years - highly targeted, the stand was stacked with people, an excellent event in terms of the level of interest, discussion and post-event follow up.

Paul Donoughue
Exsel Group
A niche event that provides MOD, DE&S and Industry SME engagement for specialist communities that is not replicated elsewhere.

MOD
A great event that is getting bigger and better every year. A really useful opportunity for those in the Defence and Security Sector to exhibit, network and do business.

IC, Senior Defence Advisor
Axiom International
Fortinet were delighted to be sponsors at the successful 3CDSE 2021 which sets a new industry event standard for combining technology innovation, industry collaboration and MOD staff engagement.

Chris Parker, MBE
Director, Fortinet
We had a brilliant day and made some fantastic contacts. We were really pleased with how many of the exhibitors and attendees wanted to speak with us and take away some of our Cyber Protect messaging.

DC7034 Adrian Bacon, Regional Cyber Crime Unit
WM Regional Cyber Crime Unit
"....had a good show, really impressed with the quality of several leads I picked up....we would like to book the same stand for 2022, the spot is perfect!"

Amit Singala
Business Development, Workspace Technology Ltd

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