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Ross Collins

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Head of Engineering at Novatech
📍 Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

As Head of Engineering at Novatech, Ross Collins leads the delivery of bespoke technology solutions for the UK’s defence and higher education sectors. His expertise spans HPC, open source technologies, and virtualization. Ross holds a PRINCE2 certification and a Bachelor of Science from The University of Edinburgh.

Ross pursued a new career in his early 30s, starting as a repair technician over 12 years ago. His early experience included building 486 systems and installing DOS from floppy disks. He is passionate about fostering curiosity-driven engineers who love to understand how things work.

Unique fact: Ross has spent his entire 12+ year career at Novatech, progressing from a PC Repair Technician to the Head of Engineering.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
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HPC Solutions
Leads the delivery of high-performance computing clusters for academic research institutions and other key clients in defence and higher education.
Open Source Innovation
Passionate about leveraging open source technology to deliver cost-effective and transparent solutions for complex infrastructure projects.
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Career

Work history

3-2025
Head of Engineering
Novatech
8-2016 - 3-2025
Solutions Architect
Novatech
8-2014 - 8-2016
Business Support Engineer
Novatech
4-2014 - 8-2014
Technical Support Analyst
Novatech
5-2013 - 4-2014
Pc Repair Technician
Novatech
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Education
1999 - 2003
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
The University of Edinburgh
High School
Royal Grammar School, Newcastle
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