Delivering a tech-led transformation of rail

James Comley

Senior Transport Consultant, CGI

For over 15 years, James has helped businesses improve efficiencies by addressing operational process and procedure through innovation and the delivery of systemic IT solutions.

With a background in Supply Chain & Logistics, James is no stranger to marginal gain; and the move to CGI in 2016, allowed James to develop a portfolio of Transport related solutions through the transfer of knowledge and IPR from other CGI industry sectors.

With a vision of helping to create a better Global Transportation Network, James works closely with clients and partners to transfer ideas to reality. With support from our Emerging Technology and Cyber Teams, James takes both an operational and passenger view of the industry, with a clear understanding of the benefits technology, system integration and data acquisition will deliver if correctly implemented.

Dr Phil Evans

Market Development Director, Transport, Capita

Phil is Capita’s Market Development Director for transport & Account Director for NATS. As a domain expert he provides business development and strategy expertise with a focus on new technologies, innovation and digital transformation. He fully supports the ‘whole system approach’ to shaping the future of our places by working collaboratively with Government, regulators, the utility sector, the transport sector amongst others for the benefit of all citizens. He is an advocate of Mobility as a Service and how it can support the concept of the 30-minute rural community. These communities are often overlooked but face significant challenges regarding transport. He has a personal interest in doughnut economics which explores the link between the planetary boundaries and the UN sustainability goals and how businesses, cities and Government can adopt this methodology to drive business performance whilst at the same time respecting our social and ecological boundaries

Sophie Peachey

Business Development Director, IOTICS

With a background in both information management and in developing and managing extensive collaborative research and development projects, Sophie has worked across multiple sectors as diverse as construction, automotive, aerospace, defence, smart cities, rail, utilities and social care. This experience has found a happy home within IOTICS, deploying a technology capable of working across sectors to support secure, selective data sharing both within and across organisational boundaries.

Sophie has supported all of IOTICS’ deployments, including the Rail Digital Twin Ecosystem with Rolls-Royce Power Systems and more recently with Porterbrook Leasing Company, the Digital Twin of the Construction Site for BAM Nuttall and a Maritime Digital Twin Ecosystem at Portsmouth International Port. Sophie actively engages in building ecosystems of people around these evolving digital communities to ensure the inclusion of a wide representation of stakeholders, and takes pride in the resulting digital cooperation and trust this creates.
 

John Sullivan

Technical Director, Great British Railways Transition Team

I was previously the CIO and Change Director at Virgin Trains where I focused on innovation with customer technology. Before my time at Virgin I have worked in Retail for Disney, HMV and Gondola Group (Pizza Express, ASK Italian, Zizzi and Byron Burgers).

At FTR I am responsible for technology and Innovation. My role is to define the Technology strategy through to implementation and we have a lot of implementations to do. I believe that the most important aspect of change is engagement with people. Also, with the advances in customer facing systems and mobile technology, I believe that IT can now be a true enabler.