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other UTMC bits and pieces.
This site will be updated regularly with all the
latest goings on in UTMC.
About the author - Richard Thurbin
Technical Director - Cloud Amber Limited 2006-to
date
Co-founded Cloud Amber to offer a range of products
and services focused on the intelligent transport systems market.
Responsible for all technical and marketing aspects of the
company including product development, vision and strategy. The
current product portfolio includes enterprise level database
systems and servers, fully integrated system inputs and management,
cutting edge consumer outputs using the latest mobile and
multimedia technologies. Successful examples of system deliveries,
integrations and support include South Yorkshire PTE, Surrey County
Council and Oxfordshire County Council, where multiple systems have
been seamlessly integrated in to a coherent and reliable platform
for the future.
Skilled and experienced in technical and business partnering,
consultancy, outsourcing, intellectual property management,
programme management and all other aspects of product and project
delivery.
Major successes included:
- grew business from scratch to over £1.1m pa turnover,
- from zero to market leading UTMC provider in 4 years,
- the first UK UTMC alerts & SMS service,
- successful integration of complex 3rd party customer system
into portfolio,
- developed market leading performance based dynamic command and
control systems.
Head of Product Development - ACIS 1999 -
2006
Headed the Research and Development team 35 engineers. with an
annual spend of £2.2m per year at ACIS, the UK's leading Real Time
Information provider to the Bus Industry. The role included all
research, development and support activity, stretching over 130
products and 150 components and ensuring that these products
complied with all relevant standards and stayed abreast of new
technology. Awards during this period included the Queens Award for
Enterprise, the Bus Industry Award for Innovation and the Secretary
General Award for outstanding achievement in the field of travel
information.
Leading a team of testers, developers and 3rd Party
contractors. Responsible from cradle to grave development of
diverse product portfolio, from bespoke low level hardware to high
level management databases within highly complex internal systems.
This role also included working closely with customers and the
Sales Team to develop totally new concepts whilst ensuring
realistic and achievable products.
Working with and helped define industry standards such as RTIG
XML, RTIG TransXchange, RTIG Traffic Light Priority & Local
Cleardown and RTIG Bi-directional ETM Specification to develop
protocols to ensure system interoperability. Board level reviews of
projects with reports on status, quality and budget, managing risks
inline with project tolerances, contingency plans and managed
project change.
Major successes included:
- the first UK real time passenger SMS service,
- successful integration of complex 3rd party customer system
into portfolio,
- Market leading performance based dynamic and historic fleet
management reports for bus operators,
- re-development of digital audio on bus product to
dramatically reduce maintenance costs,
- defining national standards.
Contact Richard Thurbin
The simplest way is to simply use the phone. Try ringing 0044
(0) 7917 704 145. If that doesnt work then email richard
-at- cloudamber -dot- com, replacing the words with
punctuation as apropriate. Lastly you can Skype using the
Skype ID 'cloud.amber.development'.