Skillsets
Rail
Performance Modelling
Development and implementation of national modelling standards, including internal training and external enforcement, of all aspects (infrastructure building, timetable input, result analysis, traction performance, delay impact analysis and historical delay analysis).
- SWML Route Utilisation Strategy (approx 5,000 services and 500 track miles simulated).
- Crossrail impacts on the UK network (for presentation to the - DfT, Regulator and TFL).
- ERTMS / CelTrack performance modelling.
- Numerous station developments and enhancements.
- Desiro traction performance impact.
Cost / Benefit
Station analysis (foot fall, work required to maintain, etc) for purposes of station feasibility / closure.
- GRIP for scheme development.
- Barton-on-Humber branch line.
- Numerous performance modelling exercises.
- Wessex Route Strategy Planning Group Member
- SWML RUS
Programming
Primarily scripting in cross-platform languages only (Perl, PHP, SQL, JS); due to the varied nature of the clients.
- Numerous website developments
- Depot Optimisation Tool
- Metallic Waste Recycling Plant
- Bespoke scripts for applications and data management / migration.
Operating Systems
- Working knowledge of linux systems.
- Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 as desktop systems.
- Windows XP for remote system monitoring.
- Server 2003 for Share Point, IIS, domain management.
Windows XP for remote system monitoring was a trimmed down installation of Windows XP highly customised for the MiniSCAT3G product used by NR for monitoring OHLE on the WCML.
Databases
- Small databases purely to enable multi-user access.
- Small databases for high transaction web applications.
- Medium databases for data repositories.
- Large databases for high transaction web applications, train performance assessments, delay data management.
- Oracle technologies used include spatial.
- Web search engine (high transaction, high volumes of 3rd party data though web crawls).
- Internet performance monitoring (high volume, known data sets, high transactions).
- Various rail data repositories (track centre lines, asset information, mapping from various systems to GPS information).
- Train delay analysis (TRUST/Paladin and CCF).