Responsible for the implementation of GIS functionality for the end-to-end management of fibre networks. Managing several software vendors and products to create business specific geospatial solutions. Development of geospatial products and techniques for network design and creation, wayleave information, analysis and workflow management.Building a GIS team to manage the implementation and continual development of GIS systems and data comprising of GIS analysts, network… Show more Responsible for the implementation of GIS functionality for the end-to-end management of fibre networks. Managing several software vendors and products to create business specific geospatial solutions. Development of geospatial products and techniques for network design and creation, wayleave information, analysis and workflow management.Building a GIS team to manage the implementation and continual development of GIS systems and data comprising of GIS analysts, network planners and project management support.Building solutions based on a single source of data to improve efficiency in the management of FTTP networks.Working with multiple data sets to provide strategic insight into the viability of customer acquisition and deployment potential. This includes data around surface analysis, demographics, building analysis, supplier penetration associated with topographic and address data.Expert knowledge in QGIS, Comsof, IQGEO and Vitruvi and Postgres/PostGIS databases. Show less

Managing the delivery of all GIS material in support of site evaluation, planning applications and construction for a portfolio of more than 100 sites dedicated to electricity generation for the country largest independent provider of peak energy production.Responsible for the delivery of mapping products and systems used in the workflow of creating plans and evaluations for site development for power generation facilities using ESRI ArcGIS.Developing new and innovative… Show more Managing the delivery of all GIS material in support of site evaluation, planning applications and construction for a portfolio of more than 100 sites dedicated to electricity generation for the country largest independent provider of peak energy production.Responsible for the delivery of mapping products and systems used in the workflow of creating plans and evaluations for site development for power generation facilities using ESRI ArcGIS.Developing new and innovative solutions for online web-based map solutions for strategy development and tracking.Evolving new methods to optimize analysis and reduce costs in the sourcing and development of new sites. Developing integrated solutions with third party GIS specialists. Show less

Managed the delivery and maintenance of The AA Route Planner and Traffic areas of The AA website and the production of the AA’s publishing programme for Atlases and Maps. The AA Route Planner is the major driver of traffic to the site delivering more than 2.5 million routes a week and providing a profit contribution of over £1 million a year. Strong quantitative and analytical skills, particularly in the context of budgeting, forecasting and P&L statements.• Product Manager for the… Show more Managed the delivery and maintenance of The AA Route Planner and Traffic areas of The AA website and the production of the AA’s publishing programme for Atlases and Maps. The AA Route Planner is the major driver of traffic to the site delivering more than 2.5 million routes a week and providing a profit contribution of over £1 million a year. Strong quantitative and analytical skills, particularly in the context of budgeting, forecasting and P&L statements.• Product Manager for the Mapping, Routing and Traffic related areas of The AA website managing the entire process of strategy, design and implementation.• Managed the creation of all the market leading (48% market share) atlases and maps and responsible for data compliance and contracts with third parties and the also the commercial buy in of products.• Line Manager for the team of project managers, cartographers, editors, developers and administrative staff managing all aspects of objectives setting, appraisals, performance and coaching. • Identified the opportunity of working with a technology partner to implement an advertising model to improve advertising income from The AA website increasing revenues by 30%.• Performed as the main negotiator on the contracts with Google, Inrix and TomTom. This provided the basis for the profitability of the route planner by reducing the costs by 50% and generating margins of over 60% in the last 5 years. Managed Google licenses to the value of £0.5m a year. Considerable experience of commercial mapping data sets. • Created a development program of mobile apps for many areas of The AA including Breakdown, Publishing and Hotels.• Managed the development of an Asset Management System for the Hotel Quality Assessment business.• Worked on the technical implementation to help secure the contract for the management of Visit England data. Implemented a new system within 3 months of winning the contract.• Experience of working with JIRA on Agile projects. Show less

Designed and project managed the implementation of systems for both a digital cartographic workflow for map and atlas production and a routing network management system. Both projects were developed with ESRI ArcGIS. Managed the development of the AA's own routing engine and designed and managed the Route Planner of theAA.com website.• Created the design and logic for the AA route directions and managed the development of the AA’s own routing engine.• Implemented the Mapping and… Show more Designed and project managed the implementation of systems for both a digital cartographic workflow for map and atlas production and a routing network management system. Both projects were developed with ESRI ArcGIS. Managed the development of the AA's own routing engine and designed and managed the Route Planner of theAA.com website.• Created the design and logic for the AA route directions and managed the development of the AA’s own routing engine.• Implemented the Mapping and Route Planner within theAA.com. This was a £0.5m proposition delivered to schedule.• Implemented location-based advertising functionality into the Route Planner. This was developed to provide enhanced income from advertising increase.• Pitched proposals to BP and Shell who subsequently sponsored the website with revenues over £1 million. • Managed the cartographic and routes data management teams and negotiated contracts with third party data and technology providers. • Created additional revenue streams by developing the route planner as a B2B API service that was sold to numerous businesses. • Comprehensive knowledge of building business systems and technical solutions with ArcGIS. Show less

Worked as a software developer in the Cartographic Department devising new routines to process data and reduce data error in finished products.• Created data conversion routines for processing street level navigation data to a routing network. • Created applications to check and maintain integrity in cartographic data to ensure final atlas products were correct before printing. • Designed database schemas for the cartographic and routes systems. • Managed the… Show more Worked as a software developer in the Cartographic Department devising new routines to process data and reduce data error in finished products.• Created data conversion routines for processing street level navigation data to a routing network. • Created applications to check and maintain integrity in cartographic data to ensure final atlas products were correct before printing. • Designed database schemas for the cartographic and routes systems. • Managed the migration of atlas production from a legacy Laser-Scan system to an ESRI ArcGIS and Oracle SQL based system. Show less

Section leader for the team of digital cartographers. • Developed software for data conversion, analysis and visual representation. • Designed and wrote the translators for converting spatial data to postscript files for high quality display and output.

Part of a project team creating a street-level digital database for London.• Progressed into a system support role that included the development of automated extraction techniques, data checking procedures and indexing routines. • Software developed using Visual Basic and C.