Garry joined the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), Industrial Resilience Research Group (IRRG) in 2022 as a PhD student under the supervision of Dr Mukesh Kumar focusing on digital supply chains within the agri-food sector.

Prior to joining the IfM, Garry spent over two decades in the heavy manufacturing sector working within a variety of roles. Garry’s career began through a vocational route with a focus on production engineering; he then spent several years supporting business initiatives and productivity programmes across the UK, MENA and Europe.

After completing his BSc (Hons) in Computer Science, Garry was awarded a place on the AgriFoRwArdS Centre for Doctoral Training EPSRC programme, which specialises in Agri-Food Robotics - a high impact area - to support the development of solutions to the numerous challenges facing the agri-food sector with a focus on supply chain design, traceablity and nutreint delivery. 

Garry holds a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science, and an MSc in Robotics and Autonomous Systems from the University of Lincoln. In 2022 Garry was a recipient of the IMechE Whitworth Senior Scholarship Award.