Moon to Mars Project o.b.o. the Australian Space Agency.
During this time, Warwick established the SEARS Foundation whilst on operational tour with NATO in Bosnia Herzegovina. The SEARS Foundation is an NGO created to reduce the high land mine threat from the waterways of Bosnia. NATO recognised his service with a Commander’s Commendation.
EPE has grown from humble beginnings in a ‘home office’ with 2 staff around Warwick’s pool table and sub $2.5 million annual revenues. Today as a medium sized Australian defence industry partner with offices in Australia, New Zealand and the United States, employing a team of 45-50 people with revenue of $40m, EPE’s Group of Companies delivers capabilities worldwide.
EPE’s purpose is to enable and protect Australia and its allies to safely operate in harmful environments. EPE’s predominantly veteran workforce brings a unique skillset in Counter-IED and Counter-Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Improvised Threats, gained from supporting operations across Australia’s Five Eyes and NATO partners. Warwick elaborated on this “EPE applies our domain knowledge to assist our clients to achieve their missions. I was very fortunate with my own Defence experience, having a number of postings with the sole focus to establish new capabilities, very rapidly.”
The company’s growth has enabled a focus on innovation and developing emerging technologies that will help defence become better protected, connected and enabled.
Mr Penrose's current role at EPE has seen him lead and develop the company to be one of the major suppliers of Response Robotics (specific to Unmanned Systems), with over 240 platforms being used daily by Defence and Law Enforcement across Australia.