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 Jayne Bryant FREng CEng FIET FWES 

Jayne Bryant FREng CEng FIET FWES Engineering Director Defence Information, BAE Systems has over 40 years’ experience in engineering

Early life and/or education
Bryant was educated at Maidstone Girls Grammar School, when she decided that a career in software engineering was for her. She began working for Marconi Avionics as a trainee software engineer, undertaking a day release HNC Computing course at Medway College and after 2 years was offered the opportunity to do an Advanced Avionics Computing Certificate course, which ran for a further year, by which time Bryant had decided that engineering was the career for her. By the time Bryant completed her training she has a team of 12 graduates working for her

Career
Bryant’s career as a Software Engineer quickly grew into software management, becoming responsible for a major software development with over 300 engineers before she reached 30. From that point on, her scope increased beyond software and took a more general Engineering and Project Management direction.

Bryant continued to progress through many roles with various defence organisations including Chief Engineer at GEC - Marconi Avionics Maritime Aircraft Systems Division; Head of Engineering Strategy and CMMI at Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems; Engineering Director for BAE Systems, Platform Solutions at Rochester and chair of the EPWG (Engineering Process Working Group) at BAE Systems Performance Excellence.

Bryant now heads up a team of 600 engineers as Engineering Director for BAE Systems, Defence Information.

Awards
Bryant was elected a Fellow of the IET June 2005 and a Fellow of WES in May 2015.

She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in July 2010 and has served on the IET Board of Trustees

She was also named as one of the top 50 most influential women engineers in the UK by the Daily Telegraph and Women's Engineering Society (WES) 2016.

Personal Life
She is married to Gary and has grown-up triplets