Consultancy Team

Robert Watson

Director Experienced transport consultant Researcher, lecturer and trainer Numerous successful strategic and operational projects in rail and logistics Previous experience within several organisations within the UK rail industry, PA Consultancy and Loughborough University

Graduate of Loughborough University (Transport Management and Planning) and Oxford University (MPhil in Management Studies), Board Member of the International Association of Railway Operations Research (http://www.iaror.org/). Visiting lecturer at Loughborough University.

Ross Brown

Responsible for Operations and Resource Management Experienced Project Manager Timetable analyst with considerable performance modelling experience Expert RailSys™ user, coach and trainer Background in logistics, both rail and road

Graduate of Loughborough University (Transport Management and Planning)

Steve Brown

Responsible for Business Development Specialist in rail simulation and planning tools Background in rail planning and performance analysis RailSys™ user Previously with AEA Technology Rail for four years - numerous successful projects in rail performance analysis

Graduate of Sheffield University (BEng in Electrical Engineering and Computing, and MSc in Rail Systems Engineering)

Hans Helmut Kohls

Technical Expert Background in demand forecasting, excellent technical knowledge of MOIRA™ Expert RailSys™ and DISPO™ user Developer/Programmer - providing 'bespoke' tools to enable us to give our clients a fast and efficient service (e.g. data transfer between systems, SPAD risk reduction tool, presenting timetabling and load factor data in a user-friendly manner) Previous experience with IVE Hanover and DB

Graduate of University of Hanover (Dipl.-Ing. Civil Eng. specialising in Transport Research)

Nicholas Hak

Experienced RailSys™ user TRACS™ user Resource planning experience Data analysis and report writing Previous experience with London Buses

Graduate of Loughborough University (Transport Management and Planning)

Nick Scott

Diagramming expert TRACS™ expert user RailSys™ and DISPO™ user Data collection and surveying Previous experience with Network Rail Resource planning experience

Graduate of Aston University (Logistics and Transport Management)

Roy Lewis

Diagramming expert Rostering expert Many years of experience in BR and TOCs

Dmitriy Beer

Developer/Programmer IT and Network Administration Data Management DISPO™ user RailSys™ user

Graduate of Loughborough University (Computing and Management)

Sandy Mann (on maternity leave)

Associates

RWA has a number of associates that it can call on to undertake particular types of analysis (e.g. train planning, demand modelling, process mapping).

University Links

RWA can draw on academic resources to undertake analysis and provide independent input.
There is the possibility of undertaking collaborative research where the nature of the problem and timescales make this an attractive proposition.