INCOSE NZ 23 Sept 2026 Meet-up: Adventures in Introduction Into Service

Presenter: CDR Phil Bradshaw, RNZN Summary: Phil has spent 10 of the past 14 years involved in the strategy, planning, oversight and conduct of the Introduction Into Service, Test and Evaluation, and Operational Release of several of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s major capability projects. Along the way he has participated in integrated platform management and bridge systems trials, surface to air missile test firings, rigid hull inflatable boat launch and recovery trials and more. The presentation is focused on taking systems engineering theory and process and tuning it into real world, pragmatic actions that enable capability release. Presenter bio: Commander Phil Bradshaw is a Marine Engineer who has held a diverse range of roles including leadership of the Navy’s Marine Engineering Training School, two years as Marine Engineering Head of Department onboard an operational Frigate and four years as resident Naval representative for the lower South Island. Since promotion to Commander he has been Director of the Defence Media and PR Organisation, Deputy Chief Naval Engineer, Capability Integration Lead for various major projects, Chief of Staff for HQ Defence Logistics Command and is currently leading the infrastructure component of the Naval Fleet replacement programme.