The Purple Secure Systems story so far...
Our background
Purple Secure Systems was founded in March 2006 by David Harris and Jez Williams, who recognised that many Tier 1, Tier 2 and niche industry suppliers have a regular need to supplement their in-house resources with external specialists. David and Jez formed Purple Secure Systems in response to the growing demand for strong software and ‘software-biased’ systems engineering expertise within the government and defence sectors.
Our approach
At Purple Secure Systems, we meet the needs of our clients - and we go further.
We have invested heavily in employing systems and software engineers who are intelligent, committed and flexible. They are customer-facing, and understand the need for appropriate process, good design and rigorous testing. But don’t take our word for it - our customers say a Purple engineer is, on average, 39% better than other contractors they’ve used.
We have now developed our services to offer fixed-scope delivery capability, engaging with our clients to share risk for a complete package of systems or software. By taking responsibility for the engineering process, we give our clients time to focus on their own customers. We’re serious about quality too, and achieved ISO 9001 accreditation in May 2008.
Our clients
We have played technically challenging roles in the delivery of government and defence systems projects for many large industry-shaping organisations, including Thales, Raytheon, EADS and the Met Office. Read more about our clients and some of the challenging projects we’ve undertaken here.
Our staff
We invest in the careers of our highly-skilled staff, who are experienced users of tools such as UML/SysML and DOORS at project definition stages, through to Java, C++, XML and the Rational toolset and at implementation. All staff are security-cleared to at least SC level. Because they are used to working together, our engineers have strong relationships with each other and with the clients they support.
Our location
Purple Secure Systems is based in government-approved secure premises in the historic city of Bath, and we work across the entire South-West area and along the M3 / M4 corridor.
The Purple Secure Systems' board consists of :-
David Harris
David is the Managing Director and co-founder of Purple Secure Systems. With 15 years’ IT and engineering industry experience, he has been successful in establishing and growing relationships with many government and defence-based organisations. He is a member of INCOSE, AFCEA West and is responsible for all commercial, operational and business development activity at Purple Secure Systems . At home, his three young children (including twins) keep him busy, but he makes time for golf, hockey and squash.
Jez Williams
Jez is the Technical Director and co-founder of Purple Secure Systems. Jez has 17 years’ IT experience providing consultancy and project management expertise to a diverse range of clients. This makes him ideally placed to understand client needs. Jez is ultimately responsible for the delivery of all systems and software engineering services . Jez enjoys riding his motorbike and is a member of the IAM motorbike group. He is a keen squash player and can be found most weekends feeding the ducks with his two sons in the local park.
David Halliwell
David is a Non-Executive Director of Purple Secure Systems. A Chartered Engineer, David worked in technical and management roles at CAP Group for ten years following completion of a Mathematics degree at Oxford University. He subsequently founded Quintec Associates, a systems engineering and management services company which grew from five original founders to over 150 employees by providing top-quality systems engineering advice to a range of organisations involved in the procurement, development and acceptance of complex real-time engineering systems. Since leaving Quintec Associates, David has mentored start-up companies and remains active in government and defence consulting.
