Contact Ian Owens
- Email: i.owens@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Communications Systems
- Defence Info Systems
Background
Ian is an experienced, conscientious, highly regarded researcher, consultant and academic specializing in emerging technologies, information systems development methodologies, digital business strategy, and networking and communications technologies.
Ian completed his undergraduate degree at Sheffield University, this was followed by a PGCert in IT and Urban History which was awarded jointly by Leicester University and Leiden University. He then completed a MSc in Information Management at Sheffield University.
Ian has worked at Sheffield University, Oxford University, Edinburgh Napier University, and Swansea University. He has been an external examiner at Bolton University, Edinburgh Napier University, Staffordshire University and Bedfordshire University. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Ian has over 25 years' experience in academia working on projects that cover a wide range of topics including strategic management, tactical communications, service-based architecture, cyber defence, agile project management and agile systems development.
Ian has extensive experience of research and consultancy practice, including writing successful bids for new research and consultancy funding, representing UK interests on NATO research task groups and working with a wide range of stakeholders. Ian has significant abilities in demonstrating and disseminating the products of research and consultancy through publications, running workshops and presentations at international conferences and workshops. He has extensive client project management experience, along with excellent presentation, oral communication and written skills.
Ian is Course Director for the leading MOD educational course in Cyber Defence (CDIA) and is a module manager for modules that include emerging technologies, information systems development methods and tools, digital business strategy and incident management.
Research opportunities
I am currently recruiting for doctoral research students in the areas of software defined networks. Please get in contact if you are interested in pursuing a doctorate in this area.
Current activities
Ian is the Course Director for the MSc in Cyber Defence and Information Assurance (CDIA). He is module manager for a number of modules across different MSc programmes at Cranfield. He is the external examiner at Staffordshire University and the University of Bedfordshire.
Ian is currently working on a MOD funded research project under the CSIIIS framework investigating wireless aware networks. He is the UK member of the NATO Science and Technology Organisation Technical Team for IST-147 on the Military Application of the Internet of Things.
Clients
NATO
IBM
DSTL
QinetiQ
UK MOD
Publications
Articles In Journals
- McAvoy J, Sammon D & Owens I. (2007). A Simple Tool to Assist in Agile Methodology Adoption Decisions. Journal of Decision Systems, 16(4)
- Beynon-Davies P, Williams MD, Owens I & Hill R. (2004). The electronic procurement of ideas. International Journal of Electronic Business, 2(1)
- Beynon‐Davies P, Owens I & Williams MD. (2004). Information systems evaluation and the information systems development process. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 17(4)
- Owens I, Wood F, Wilson T & Ramalho Correia AM. (1997). Training information service specialists in the less-favoured regions of the European Union (TRAIN-ISS): the diploma/MSc programme at the University of Sheffield. Education for Information, 15(1)
- Owens I, Wilson TD & Abell A. (1997). Information and business performance: a study of information systems and services in high-performing companies. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 29(1)
Conference Papers
- Nightingale J, Wang Q, Calero JMA, Owens I, Johnsen FT, .... (2016). Reliable full motion video services in disadvantaged tactical radio networks
- Djamaa B, Richardson M, Barker P & Owens I. (2015). Discovery of Things: A Fully-Distributed Opportunistic Approach
- Nightingale J, Wang Q, Alcaraz Calero JM, Owens I & Grecos C. (2015). Enhancing visual communications capabilities in tactical networks
- Manso M, Alcaraz Calero JM, Barz C, Bloebaum TH, Chan K, .... (2015). SOA and Wireless Mobile Networks in the tactical domain: Results from experiments
- Owens I & Cunningham J. (2012). The identification of service oriented architecture-specific critical success factors
- Landa AH, Owens I & Fletcher G. (2009). An evaluation of web services proxies solutions
- Sammon D, McAvoy J & Owens I. (2009). Agile teams: Reflective debate and shared understanding
- Owens I, Beynon-Davies P & Williams MD. (2004). Beyond Access: Bridging the Digital Divide
- Owens I, Beynon-Davies P & Williams MD. (2003). Electronic consultation at the National Assembly for Wales
- Owens I, Beynon-Davies P, Williams MD & Hill R. (2003). Electronic consultation: the case of the national assembly of Wales
- Owens I & Shreuder F. (2002). Telemedicine capabilities at the Welsh Regional Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery
- Owens I & Beynon-Davies P. (2001). A survey of electronic commerce utilisation in small and medium sized enterprises in S Wales: research in progress
- Owens I, Beynon-Davies P & Williams MD. (2001). e-Government and the National Assembly of Wales
- Owens I. (2001). E-commerce in utilisation in SMEs IN South Wales
- Owens I & Beynon-Davies P. (2001). Professionalisation strategies and information systems
