Chris Cowen Email & Phone Number

York, England, United Kingdom

Available for: 1. Technical Advice 2. System Specification and Design Services 3. Analysis and Analytics Services

Leeds, United Kingdom

Intelligent Mobility Professional delivering sustainable transport technology solutions that to enhance the efficient movement of people and goods.I have worked with a variety of public and private sector clients including National Highways, Transport for Greater Manchester, Heathrow Airport and Hitachi. I have delivered numerous projects and tenders involving technical advisory services, system specification and service design, data analysis and analytics managing small and medium sized teams.

York, United Kingdom

WSP Data lead on the CAV-PIP Highways England consultancy framework. This work involves supporting the System Design of the A2M2 Connected Vehicle Corridor. I am supporting in the development of the standards and application of the developed standards for the UK test bed. I am also the data lead on the A2M2 solution responsible for the design the data platform to extract real-time and historical information from the systems for analytical purposes.WSP safety analysis and system design to support safety risk management. This involved the development of the data processing pipeline to support quantifiable risk scores that Highways England use to manage operational risk on their road network. WSP Testing Strategy lead for Highways England CHARM traffic management system assurer project. This involves ensuring the delivered technical solution meets the technical requirements. I am also a key subject matter expert on the design of the Interchange interface between external subscribers and CHARM.

London

Worked on numerous varied research based data analysis projects, including :The development of network resilience index for the strategic road network in England to support operational planning and development decision making. I led a small team that derived the approach, collected and cleansed the datasets, identified a statistically valid method of combining the datsets and presented the output visuslisations to the end customer in Highways England. This is now being used by Highways England technology maintenance teams to prioritise planned works minismising disruption to Highways England customers.Researching methods and measuring the quantity of people, volume and type of goods being transported on the strategic road network to support Highways England's potential future performance metrics for cross comparison with other modes of transport. I undertook the research involving the design of an SQL database, ETL data import routine and analytical dashboards visualising the output to different experts from across the industry. I also presented the results telling the story through the data visualisations and wrote the final report highlighting the methods available and their likely cost of implementation. Following on from this a baseline was produced of traffic flows across the English Strategic Road Network compared to other countries around the world. The outcome highlighted a number of improvements that Highways England could target to increase flow throughput across different areas of their network.

London & Birmingham, United Kingdom

IT Change Management role ensuring the transformed operational and technical solution delivered the needs and benefits required by the customer and the end users. Responsibilities include:- Significant contribution to and review of the overall technical and business architecture- Solution Design of key aspects of the new service through the development of a set of technical notes supporting the system design- Analysis and agreement on the inference of requirements through discussions with the Customer and Suppliers- Supporting the scrum teams in the agile delivery of the software for the transformed solution- Reporting into the programme manager and governance board providing solution design expertise and progress updates- Development and analysis of change requests and impact assessments- Reporting on and management of technical risks and issues- Commercial understanding of the implications of design decisions

London, Woking & Manchester, United Kingdom

Subject Matter Expert for the Mouchel/Thales Highways Agency National Traffic Information Services (NTIS) tender.Technical Authority and Subject Matter Expert for the Mouchel/Thales Service, including;- Detailed understanding of the technical requirements- Detailed understanding of the integration of Floating Vehicle Data into the solution.- Subject Matter Expertise in designing the new solution architecture.- Design support for development of the new operational processes and organisation structureTechnical support for the Mouchel Portable Variable Message Sign Product. This product used Floating Vehicle Data (FVD) data to publish journey times to portable electronic roadside signs near to long term disruptive roadworks. I provided the technical support for the system ensuring any problems were resolved and the customer was content was content with any technical changes made.

Development of an Operational Costs Model for the Highways Agency Management Motorways Scheme AppraisalTechnical Support, Advisory and Assurance role for the Highways Agency National Traffic Control Centre. This role ensured contract assurance for the 10 year £160million PFI for the Highways Agency. This role developed into a consultant role that helped the Higways Agency promote a number of their newly developed data feeds through project Outreach.

London, United Kingdom

Employed as GIS Analyst following my GIS degree.Geo-spatial data preparation and manipulation for Web based real-time traffic information mapping systems.

Distinction, Internet Systems And E-Business

This diverse course built on technical skills I acquired at undergraduate level, offering insights into business planning. Broadened.

2:1, Geographical Information Science

This course emphasised the management of geographical data, computing and mapping. Modules incorporated photogrammetry, satellite remote.

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