Peter Morrison - Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bohemia Interactive Simulations Group
Peter has been working for Bohemia Interactive since 2005. He studied Computer Science and Management at the Australian Defence Force Academy and graduated with First Class Honours in 2001. Peter had previously graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon into the Royal Australian Signals Corp. Peter served as a Signals Corp Officer for several years, specializing in military simulation, and his final posting was to the Australian Defence Simulation Office (ADSO) as a Project Officer. Peter transferred to the Army Reserves in 2005 and joined Bohemia Interactive Australia as the Lead Developer of VBS2, a position he held until he became Managing Director in 2007 and later CEO of the BISim Group.
Peter is currently focused on bringing computer game technology to the military as an affordable alternative to traditional military simulation. He is also excited about the potential of this technology as a revolutionary training tool in other industries.
Dr Mark Dzulko Chief Technical Officer, Bohemia Interactive Simulations Group
Before Dr. Mark Dzulko joined Bohemia Interactive Australia in 2006 he served in the German military for thirteen years, where he received his Doctorate in the field of plasma generation. The main part of his work in the University of Armed Forces Germany was the development of a new plasma generator and plasma diagnostic software. During his time in the German military Mark recognized the potential of computer game-based training systems and developed a stand-alone Mission After-Action Review System (MARS) for Bohemia’s Virtual Battlespace 1 (VBS1) product as well as a HLA/DIS gateway. During this period Mark also developed a terrain generation tool for Operation Flashpoint / VBS1 named WrpTool, which was later employed by the US-based company BBN to create new terrain for the convoy training application DARWARS Ambush! Mark is now the Chief Technical Officer at Bohemia Interactive Simulations and is responsible for the future development of VBS. Mark is focused on improving the realistic and immersive environment provided by VBS and integrating the product with other simulation platforms in order to create the perfect virtual training solution.
Michael Bode, Chief Operations Officer (COO) of BISim
After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Davidson College, Michael took a position as a technical business consultant for a telecommunications company. Over a period of a few years, Michael taught himself programming and transitioned through a series of software development positions involving greater levels of expertise. Eventually Michael joined Northrop Grumman and began his long standing relationship with military project development. While working for Northrop Grumman, Michael subcontracted to the US Army and the America's Army Project Office, makers of the famed video game. He quickly proved invaluable in all aspects of production and led numerous training and simulation projects. The initiatives he managed were consistently on schedule and to requirements, which was the reason management selected him to relocate to California to rescue the failing America's Army 3 development.
Michael rapidly transformed the development team, getting the project back on schedule and delivering the product. Soon after the America's Army 3 release, Michael joined Bohemia Interactive Simulations to manage the on-going operations of the international company and to assist transitioning their existing infrastructure to new technologies and approaches.
John Givens, President of Bohemia Interactive Simulations Inc
Following graduation from the Florida Institute of Technology and an Honorable Discharge from the US Army, John specialized in managing information and security data centers and product development in both the software and hardware domains. John exploited his experience with information technology, security information management and product development to tackle true Live, Virtual and Constructive integration problems in the military simulation field. John later leveraged his military experience to create a desktop convoy training simulator that was used to augment live exercise management. John led the recent distribution of VBS2 to the US Army, including contract management and coordination of training. John recently took over the role of President of the newly formed Bohemia Interactive Simulations Inc, based in Orlando, Florida.
Jeremy Fields, Sales Director of BISim Group
Joining the team in the Spring of 2010, Jeremy has taken over the role of Sales Director at BISim. Following graduation from University of New York in Prague in 2003 with a Bachelor of Sciences in Business Administration, Jeremy continued with his professional career focusing on business development and sales-related activities in Europe. Finding himself continuously drawn back into the hands-on world of SMEs, he enjoys tackling new market segments and aiding in the creation of proprietary technologies. Now at BISim, Jeremy hopes to continue his tradition of proven sales results as he works to develop BISim's global business development and reseller networks.
Tess Butler - PR Director
Following graduation and an honors degree in Russian & Soviet Studies, Tess has worked within the IT and then Military Simulation and Training Industry for 15 years and has a background in Business Development, Marketing and Sales Strategy. She has successfully worked for large corporate military simulation & training companies and as a consultant for Militaries and other Industry companies world-wide. She has won and delivered multi-million dollar programmes in the UK and across Europe. Most recently back from the Middle-East, Tess brings a wide and in-depth knowledge of the Military Training environment.
Ryan Stephenson - Managing Director, Bohemia Interactive Australia
Ryan is an intellectual property and commercial lawyer who specialises in technology and media related work. Having originally trained and worked in the UK he is also admitted to practice in New South Wales. Ryan has extensive experience as a commercial lawyer in intellectual property focused environments both as an in-house counsel, and in private legal practice.
Ryan spent the first five years of his career as an in-house lawyer for two of Britain’s leading television production companies. Since moving to Australia in early 2003, he has worked both in private legal practice and as in-house counsel, broadening his areas of practice to encompass work in software, technology and new media licensing and exploitation and honing his existing commercial and IP-related skills and knowledge.
In 2010 Ryan took up the position of Legal and Commercial Manager for the Bohemia Interactive Simulations group of companies and in January 2011 was also appointed as Managing Director for Bohemia Interactive Australia, the Asia-Pacific arm of the group, where he hopes to help consolidate and build on the stellar growth and success Bohemia Interactive Simulations has seen in the past few years.
