Kevin Gaffney, CEO & Chairman
As one of the founder members of DDK Positioning, Kevin wanted to make his vision a reality. Which was to provide the best GNSS Augmentation Service. By working with key people in the industry to develop partnerships with the experts in each market sector.
David Mackay, CIO
Dave is a founder member of DDK Positioning, and has a keen interest in the space sector. This allows him to work closely with ESA and other industry leaders, to develop DDK Positioning’s solution further.
Dave is a crucial element within the company and is continually working on the next phase of our Precise Point Positioning solution.
Fred Stockton, Managing Director
Fred brings almost three decades of subsea and offshore project experience to his role – from project surveying and IRM project management to digital transformation and business improvement leadership.
Having followed DDK’s journey since inception, Fred has a keen understanding of our capabilities, with prior user experience of our technology. He now applies his extensive commercial and operational acumen to the company’s development, as we translate our technical excellence into sustainable and long-term cross-sector growth.
Caroline Smith, Finance Director
Caroline is responsible for all financial aspects of DDK Positioning. Her attention to detail and the love of excel helps drive the financial reporting and management of the company.
Since qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with ICAS, she has worked in both accountancy practice and industry. Thus providing the company with a wide range of knowledge in Accountancy and Taxation.
Simon Canning, Service Director
Simon is instrumental in delivering DDK Positioning’s hardware and service from end-to-end. As well as leading our Product Management cycle.
Simon is a chartered surveyor and professional member of the RICS. He has worked in the geospatial and GNSS industries for over 25 years on land, at sea and in the air, in over of 50 countries around the world.
Stuart Alexander, Technical Director
Stuart leads the technical team in delivering the development roadmap, providing solutions for our clients’ GNSS challenges.
Andrew Robertson, Operations Support Specialist
Andrew works within our Operations team. Managing the production of all our hardware, and keeping track of our stock. All whilst precisely making sure it gets from A to B, which isn’t a problem for us being a positioning company!
Andrew loves problem solving so much in his spare time he fixes cars and PCs!
Cara Lewis, Marketing Manager
Cara is responsible for all marketing and communication activity within DDK Positioning. All the while she is also developing and maintaining the DDK brand.
She works alongside the commercial team to promote the company’s unique GNSS solution.
Mo Barrie, Business Manager
With over a decade of Senior Management experience, Mo’s role as Business Manager is to work closely with all departments. Supporting the team to ensure the smooth running of the business – Mo thrives on the variety each day brings.
Iain Shearer, Senior Systems Engineer
Iain has a number of years experience and works within our technical dream team. His main focus is on DDK’s cloud service, ensuring our all-singing, all-positioning service delivers accuracy everywhere.
Calum Lynch, Software Engineer
Calum works within our technical team, designing data processing tools and analysing all things data.
When he isn’t busy number crunching Calum loves getting out on his mountain bike and being in the kitchen where he cooks a mean spicy tomato pasta!
Jill Noble, Management Accountant
Jill brings more than 20 years’ accounting experience to DDK, having started her career in practice before moving into finance positions across the energy and construction sectors.
In her role as Management Accountant, Jill provides the financial insight that underpins informed decision-making across the business and as DDK continues to grow and expand into new markets, that clear, commercially-focused approach is central to supporting our leadership team and sustaining the company’s momentum.
Stacey Milne, Accounts Payable
Stacey works within our Finance team and loves crunching those numbers especially when it comes to payroll, overseas tax and accountancy.
When she isn’t working on those numbers she loves nothing more than socialising, walking the dog and a bit of DIY.
Matthew Gooch, Senior Graduate Data Analyst
Matthew is part of the Technical team, he enjoys working on a variety of projects and developing new solutions in DDK’s collaborative environment.
Originally from Deeside, Matthew is a keen runner and orienteer, having represented his sport at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in 2022. Outside of work, he enjoys programming, language learning and exploring the outdoors.
Andrew McMurtrie, Business Consultant
Andrew is a great asset to the DDK team, he brings with him a wealth of knowledge having held a number of senior positions in companies specialising in Survey and Positioning, which makes him a perfect fit for the DDK team.
Steve Clark, Our Ambassador
Steve has always been instrumental in DDK Positioning. Having served as our Chairman for a number of years, he will now be flying the DDK flag as our ambassador!
Steve has held a number of senior positions in companies specialising in Positioning, Navigation, Telematics and Communications and Electronics which makes him a perfect fit for the DDK team.