Saab Seaeye Key People
 

Managing Director
Dave Grant joined Saab Seaeye in July 2007 and brought over 20 years of experience in underwater equipment design and sales. His previous positions with ROV manufacturing companies were as Technical Director followed by Managing Director of Hydrovision of Aberdeen and as Regional Sales Manager with SMD in Newcastle upon Tyne. In December 2007 he became Managing Director of Saab Seaeye.

Engineering Director
Jon Robertson joined Saab Seaeye in 1998 as a 'special projects' engineer drawing on his Industrial Design & Technology degree course at Loughborough University and experience at Motorola. He has worked on mechanical engineering aspects of the Seaeye Puma and Lynx ROV systems and was responsible for the project management of the Seaeye Falcon development program. In July 2004 he joined the Seaeye Board of Directors where he is responsible for the planning, organisation and implementation of all Seaeye engineering activities.

Sales Manager
James Douglas joined Saab Seaeye in 2007 from a Marine Electronics background with 15 years of experience in sales, marketing and management of key accounts and distribution in the UK, Europe and the Middle East markets. His primary responsibility at Seaeye is for ROV system sales at home and internationally as well as the management of the sales department.

Technical Support Manager
Nik Pyle, who holds a BSc in Electronics, joined Saab Seaeye in 1997 as an Electrical Production Technician. During his time served with the company Nik gained valuable experience testing and maintaining Seaeye systems during the manufacturing process and working both offshore and at customer sites. Today he is the principal point for after sales technical support as well as the management of all repair work.

Production Manager
Peter Vallender joined Saab Seaeye in 2000 and is responsible for all production activities within the company. He gained his 25 years electrical engineering and management experience in the Royal Navy Submarine Service before moving into industry. Previous positions held at Seaeye include Health & Safety, Operations Supervisor and Technical Author.

Financial Controller
Simon Warne joined Saab Seaeye as Financial Controller in July 2007. He is responsible for all aspects of the finance function.

Quality Assurance Manager
John Doherty joined Saab Seaeye in December 2003. Reporting directly to the Managing Director, John has full responsibility for all Quality matters including the maintenance of Seaeye's certification to ISO9001:2000. John is an IQA approved Lead Assessor and has been a Quality Professional for over 20 years. John is also responsible for all Health and Safety matters.