Experience

Podaris

• United Kingdom
• Community Development and Urban Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • Apr 2013 - Present

  London, United Kingdom Infrastructure projects are becoming ever-more sophisticated, requiring the integration of more and more technologies and disciplines. At the same time, they are also becoming more democratic, with the input of increasingly diverse stakeholder groups. These should be positive trends, but tools and techniques for planning, design, and project management have not kept pace. As a result, they are increasingly unable to deal with the complexity of modern infrastructure projects, resulting in… Show more Infrastructure projects are becoming ever-more sophisticated, requiring the integration of more and more technologies and disciplines. At the same time, they are also becoming more democratic, with the input of increasingly diverse stakeholder groups. These should be positive trends, but tools and techniques for planning, design, and project management have not kept pace. As a result, they are increasingly unable to deal with the complexity of modern infrastructure projects, resulting in large-scale cost overruns and delays. I founded Podaris to solve this problem. It is a platform for real-time interdisciplinary planning and design of infrastructure projects, putting collaboration and transparency front and centre. Using the power of modern cloud-collaboration techniques, Podaris will enable infrastructure planning to be a far more agile process, reducing the communications gaps between disciplines from months to milliseconds. Podaris participated in StartupBootCamp's Smart Transport & Energy accelerator in August 2015, and launched its first tool -- a web-based transport planning application -- in November 2105. Show less



The Cosanti Foundation

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Jun 2021 - Present



Futurescaper Ltd.

• Business Consulting and Services

• Co-founder & Director

  • Jun 2011 - Present

  London, UK Futurescaper began as a part-time research project assisting in the PhD of Dr. Noah Raford, aimed at developing a software toolkit for collective intelligence and collaborative foresight and scenario planning studies. The research project went so well that Futurescaper unexpectedly evolved into a commercial platform. Major customers include the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UK government, the OECD, the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Economic Forum and the Futures… Show more Futurescaper began as a part-time research project assisting in the PhD of Dr. Noah Raford, aimed at developing a software toolkit for collective intelligence and collaborative foresight and scenario planning studies. The research project went so well that Futurescaper unexpectedly evolved into a commercial platform. Major customers include the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UK government, the OECD, the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Economic Forum and the Futures Company. I led the technical development of the platform from its inception and through several phases of development, periodically acting as CTO. Today my role is mostly hands-off, but I maintain a significant stake in the company and occasionally interact with customers where new product developments are concerned. Show less



Capita Real estate and infrastructure

• United Kingdom
• Civil Engineering
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Associate - Transport Technology and Planning

  • Jul 2011 - Aug 2014

  London, UK Consultant specialising in Automated Transit Networks. Developed detailed multi-modal transport demand models and microsimulations, along with impact, risk, finance, and business models. Project Management and procurement advisor for major transport initiatives in Delhi and Mumbai. Additionally, provided advice to > 25 local authorities in the UK concerning their ATN strategies, while building internal capacity within Capita Symonds to take best advantage of emerging technologies.



Ultra Global PRT

• United Kingdom
• Automotive
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Studies Manager

  • Oct 2008 - Jul 2011



Advanced Transport Systems Ltd.

• Intern

  • Jun 2008 - Sep 2008



Fosler Portland Architecture

• Project Manager

  • Mar 2003 - Aug 2007



Advanced Transport Systems Ltd.

• Consultant

  • 2007 - 2007

  Portland, Oregon Area Architectural design & visualization for integrating the ULTra Personal Rapid Transit system into corporate campus environments. The final product was a promotional video which can be seen below.



Vastu Shilpa Consultants

• Intern

  • Sep 2001 - Feb 2002



Marwan Al-Sayed Architects Ltd.

• Designer / Draftsperson

  • 1999 - 2001



Arcosanti / Cosanti Foundation

• Computer Department Manager

  • 1992 - 1997