Dr Sue Fellows graduated from university with a Physics based degree and then completed her doctorate in Astrophysics before joining the Ministry of Defence as a scientist, where she has undertaken a number of roles over the last 20 years.  Since joining she has worked across a number of areas including: development of operations research models; approaches for the measurement of command and control; operations research analytical studies; software development; verification and validation of software & models; and, high level systems of systems engineering.  Sue is now a technical leader for work exploring architectures and standards for modular and adaptable systems.