B.Sc., B.E. (Hons.), Ph.D., FIEAust, SMIEEE, MAICD, RPEQ
Dr. Vaughan Clarkson is the founder of Whipbird Signals. He has been CEO and managing director since its inception as a company on 29th October, 2020. He has over thirty years experience in defence science & technology and in academia.
Prior to becoming CEO of Whipbird Signals Pty. Ltd., he was principal of the predecessor consultancy, also trading as Whipbird Signals. He held this role in a full-time capacity from July, 2016.
From 1998 to 2016, Vaughan was an academic at The University of Melbourne and then The University of Queensland. He remains an Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology.
Vaughan started his career at the Defence Science & Technology Organisation, where he rose from Cadet to Research Scientist in the EW Division.