Who we are

Spartan is a specialist consultancy targeting the specific needs of the defence and intelligence sectors. Our Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (SQEP) are hand-picked based on proven delivery in the industry. Spartan engineers provide a focused combination of real domain experience, systems engineering discipline, and advanced technical skill.

Management Team

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WARREN LEGG

CTO

Warren has led multiple successful and significant projects within the defence and wider commercial sectors. This includes the design and development, from scratch, of innovative, powerful and complex infrastructure software products currently deployed in operation on the most demanding and sensitive UK strategic assets.

 He is a VMware vExpert (since 2017), VCIX, VCAP-Design, VCAP-DCA, Kubernetes CKA and CKAD
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AUSTEN SIMPSON

CEO

Austen, ex-UK armed forces (REME) has over two decades of experience delivering high integrity systems to the UK defence sector. He has worked with the major defence primes on critical national programmes leveraging his experience from broader industries to best exploit commercial solutions and technologies in a defence context.
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MARTIN HOSKEN

Sovereign Cloud Advisor

Martin specialises in helping technical teams, sales, R&D, and engineering teams meet the objectives and address the challenges clients face in cloud and digital transformation.

He is a double VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX Number 117) and often appears on lists of top cloud computing thought leaders and influencers within the Hybrid Cloud and Sovereign Cloud communities and the industry. He is also an expert in Red Hat technology, cyber, data intelligence, AI/ML, and secure systems and has extensive experience working with MoD, NATO, and allied government organisations.

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Peter Von Oven

Digital Workspace Advisor

Peter has over 30 years of experience and knowledge, having worked for mostly for tier-1 vendors in senior technology and management roles. His real passion is for end user computing and the digital workspace helping transform the way people work and interact with technology today with a particular focus on defence and security over the last few years. 

An avid author on VMware solutions, Peter is also a vExpert (10*) and is one of only 67, globally, awarded as an Omnissa insider for 2025.