STEVEN KARAKOSTAS
Operations Director
Steven is an Aerospace Engineer with over 17 years’ experience working with leading aerospace organisations including Boeing Defence Australia, Airbus, Lockheed Martin, GippsAero, Spirit AeroSystems, Gulfstream, GKN, as well as a number of Australian Department of Defence agencies.
He is experienced in managing static and F&DT projects and teams, running both technical and Project Management components. His skills include classical static stress analysis, as well as linear static, non-linear static and random vibration finite element analysis. Steven also has experience in fatigue and damage tolerance analysis, focusing on life estimation for design, certification, and in-service support. Throughout this time, he has held internal and customer delegated engineering authority.
While with Quartek, Steven has worked supporting Australia's defence industry on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft platforms.
Steven has a proven history in leading and managing the successful delivery of both military and civil projects. He is passionate about engaging with project stakeholders to enable successful execution of projects from inception to delivery.
Steven has a Bachelor’s (Hons) degree in Aerospace Engineering, an Advanced Diploma of Engineering (Aerospace Mechanical), as well as an Associate Diploma of Engineering (Aerospace Systems). He enjoys travelling with his growing family, is a keen AFL fan and enjoys watching his beloved Blues.