SkyTech 2025 Speaker Bio

Terry van Haren DSM

Vice President, Strategy

DroneSheild

Terry joins the DroneSheild team after 35 years of service in the Royal Australian Air Force as a Commander, fighter piolet, and weapons officer. 

Terry is a veteran with four operational tours in the Middle East with recognised distinguished service. Terry’s last posting was as the Air and Space Attache to the US (18-20), during which time he developed his interests in next generation disruptive commercial air and space technologies. 

Terry is a future-focused strategic thinker and pragmatic business leader. He believes that cooperation between Government, Defence and commercial industry is the key to national resilience and business success.