Dr. Jasper Horrell is the Associate Director of Operations at IDIA. He has also held various senior positions in computing and innovation such as C.E.O. of Deep Data, Technical Director at Saratoga Software, MeerKat Science Processing Managing and General Manager: Science Computing and Innovation at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory. He holds a BSc. Honours in Physics (1990), MSc in Physics (1992) and PhD in Radar Signal Processing (1999) all obtained from the University of Cape Town. Dr Horrell has also been involved in the development of new technologies which are now regarded as some of the most cutting edge security surveillance instruments in the world.