Thomas Edwards Email & Phone Number

Sweden

Borlänge, Sweden

Railway Evolution Sverige Filial (RES) has won a contract to support Transportstyrelsen (TS), the Swedish Transport Regulator, develop their knowledge about the core elements of full railway automation (metros and mainline). RES has delivered its report containing an assessment of the global state of knowledge in railway automation and comparing it with.

Helsinki Area, Finland

I am providing Helsinki City Transport (HKL) with independent expert witness services commissioned through DLA Piper (Finland). I am assiting the court the current case in respect of the failed Helsinki Metro full-automation project with Siemens that ran from 2010 to 2015.

Derby, United Kingdom

Railway Evolution Ltd provides services to the transportation sector spanning regulation and related matters, programme management and asset management for operators and infrastructure owners, safety management, and accident investigation.Railway Evolution Ltd (REL) in the UK has a wholly-owned subsiduary in Sweden called Railway Evolution Sverige Filial.

Derby City, England, United Kingdom

Providing transportation consultancy services to the global market

Stockholm, Sweden

Working with Trafikförvaltningen (TF) and Lloyd's Register to benchmark TF's current asset management habits and performance against ISO 55000, and to recommend a course of action suitable for TF to grow and enhance their abilities and asset management outcomes. The final report (in Swedish) setting out my assessment of Trafikförvaltningen (a formal asset.

Sweden

I am helping Trafikverket with their asset management capability assessment and subsequent activities at national level for road, rail and information technology. In Aug 2017 I completed Lloyd's Register's formal report to Trafikverket giving them an assessment of their management capability. I then revised and enhanced the report at their request in.

Stockholm, Sweden

I was commissioned by MTR Nordic at short notice to make a comprehensive safety review of their main line railway businesses in Sweden comprising MTR Nordic, MTR Pendel, MTR Express, and Emtrain. I led a team of three professionals (including myself) who conducted a five-week independent investigation into a number of safety matters that had caused the.

Stockholm, Sweden

As a member of the MiW team my main assignment was to SL Stockholm Metro's programme for the Red Line Upgrade as an advisor to the programme manager and her management team working across all disciplines and also to the programme's sponsor. During this period I assisted with strategic matters at MiW as well as two larger peices of work besides my main.

Stockholm, Sweden

I had the great pleasure of working for Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL) as a senior member of their programme for the Red Line metro upgrade (RLU). I was an advisor to the programme manager and her management team working across all disciplines and I also advised the programme sponsor including managing the RLU Executive Board (comprising SL, Ansaldo STS.

Dammam

I worked on a number of railway projects for Effect Advisory Railways Services including delivering four research and advisory papers to Qatar Rail on railway legislation and regulatory matters through an assignment given to Effect Advisory by SERCO. Qatar Rail is in the process of setting up the national railway regulator for Qatar.

Dammam, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

I was the independent national railway accident investigator in the Kingdom working for the Railways Commission with sole responsibility for the Accident Investigation Division. I designed and set up the accident investigation processes and procedures (including notification, deployment, investigation, and reporting), liaised with all the operational.

Dammam, KSA

Responsible for setting up the safety regulator and accident investigation parts of the new Railways Commission in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the independent railway regulator, accident investigator and standards setting authority.From Aug 2012 I focused solely on safety regulation of the SRO and on completing the first national railway accident.

Assessing and supporting National Accident Investigation Bodies (NIBs) in 27 European countries, including setting up accident investigator training for all NIBs. Liaising on and explaining TSIs for accident investigators in 27 NIBs. Developed a European capability maturity model for NIBs.

Derby, United Kingdom

I was responsible for a team of four inspectors in Derby and their investigations. I also conducted accident investigations myself, including holding the lead investigator role on the Grayrigg accident (23 Feb 2007). I qualified as a Network Rail Controller of Site Safety (COSS) and became RAIB's field trainer and mentor for new COSSes.

Sweden, Denmark, UK, And Germany

I worked in a variety of positions on global railway rolling stock design projects in Vehicle Dynamics Engineering, Project Engineering, Product Engineering, R&D, and Technical Sales and Bids with team responsibility in Sweden, Denmark, UK, and Germany. I was Vice President Advanced Engineering at Adtranz Global HQ, Saatwinkler Damm, Berlin, from 1998 to.

Linkoping, Sweden

I performed aerodynamic performance calculations for the SAAB 340 regional airliner and created graphics for the Airplane Flight Manuals for the European, Australian, and North American regulatory regimes.

Plymouth, United Kingdom

Completed General Naval Officer Training at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, in April 1980 including three months at sea in HMS Intrepid (DTS). At sea in HMS Argonaut (we were Captain of the F7 Frigate Squadron and completed Operational Work-up stationed at Weymouth and Gibraltar) May - Aug 1980. I was a junior officer under training..

Post Graduate (Phd-Level), Multibody Dynamics

Course lectures were by Prof Thomas Kane at Stanford University, Ca, USA, (by video) supervised by Dr Hans-Petter Fessler, ABB Atom.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Naval Engineering

Activities and Societies: Founded and ran the Thunderer Gliding Club Qualified RAFGSA and BGA Gliding InstructorStudied Swedish and gained.

General Naval Studies, Officer Training, Royal Navy

Activities and Societies: Member of Cambridge University Gliding Club6 months at sea in HMS Intrepid and HMS Argonaut

O And A Level Certificates, Physics, Biology, And Maths A-Levels

Activities and Societies: Member of Cambridge University Gliding Club First solo flight in a glider 3 Nov 1976 Silver C gliding badge 1979