World Tour featuring FME 2024: Edinburgh

Dean joined The National Lottery Heritage Fund last year after ten years working in local government where he used FME and GIS for transport planning, policy development and demographic analysis. In his new role he is leading the introduction of FME to the Heritage Fund and demonstrating how it can be used to enhance existing datasets, generate new insights and automate workflows.

Will works collaboratively in a key project management role within the Improvement Service to deliver tangible and sustained improvements, namely in supporting the management of a service to enable Scottish Local Government to take a collective approach to managing geospatial information via the Spatial Hub data platform. He is an expert in geospatial data management and standards, and skilled in data analytics. With strong programme and project management skills, he is involved in a variety of projects aimed at improving the management and usage of geospatial data within Scottish Local Government. He has almost 25 years’ experience in the public sector (15 in local government) mainly within Planning, Building Standards and Environmental IT and data management.

Outside of work he is an International Masters Orienteer, having represented Scotland on numerous occasions. He also dabbles in French Horn playing

Duncan McLeish is a Senior Geospatial Consultant & Team Leader with AtkinsRéalis and a 15 year industry professional in GIS. He has been with AtkinsRéalis for a little over 2 and a half years bringing over his experiences in data management and data transformations after spending almost a decade with a smaller Scottish consultancy. His current role is assisting project teams on both small to large infrastructure and environmental projects and working on the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) project. He is both a FME Flow & Form certified professional.

Rebecca Meagor is the Sales Operations Manager and FME lead at 1Spatial. Having graduated with a Bsc in Mapping Science, she has been with 1Spatial for over 4 years, bringing with her 25 years industry experience with a focus on GIS, 3rd party software, training and consultancy, predominantly in the Government and transportation sectors.

Started using FME in: 2010

Profile: Having had over 20 years within the GIS data industry, I have acquired over 13 years of experience using both FME Desktop and Server as a main software solution for ETL and processing tasks, involving both spatial and non-spatial data. I have presented at several FME World Tours over the past 10 years and enjoy using FME to solve a varying range of data problems.

Certifications:

• Certified FME Professional
• Certified FME Server Professional
• FME Trainer

FME Certified Trainer since: 2013

Started using FME in: 2000

Profile: Adrian is a Managing Consultant in 1Spatial’s consultancy team in the UK. He’s been delivering GIS focussed training since the early 2000s and been a Certified FME Trainer since 2013. He’s delivered courses since this time in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Adrian specialises in 1Spatial technology and FME and has applied his expertise across our regions, including when he spent time leading the Consultancy team in Sydney.

Certifications:

• Certified FME Professional
• Certified FME Trainer
• Certified FME Server Professional

After graduating with a BSc for Geography, Toby worked in the GIS team at Derby City Council before moving in geo-demographics for a number of years followed by working with Open Source Geo. Now the Business Development Manager at 1Spatial focusing on the Government vertical, Toby handles a range of customers from national mapping agencies to blue light services. Toby would be happy to speak about how to maximise your FME services within your organisation.

Toby will be speaking at the Edinburgh World Tour 2024.