Tim Warr

Current

Technology Specialist at Microsoft (Multimap)

Past

Principal Geospatial Consultant at Ordnance Survey
Geospatial Architect at Ordnance Survey
IT Consultant and Senior GIS Officer at Hampshire County Council

GIS Officer at Hampshire County Council
GIS Research and Applications Specialist at The Institute for Terrestrial Ecology
GIS Officer at Wildlife Trusts

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Education

University of Sussex
Leighton Park School

Recommended

5 people have recommended Tim

Connections

240 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

My Website

Tim Warr’s Summary

I am a Consultant, specialising in geospatial data and software. I have over 13 years’ geospatial experience. Although I work in highly technical roles, I focus on using excellent behavioural competencies. Change happens in places where I work. I enjoy my jobs and I get positive feedback from my colleagues.

My Goals:
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I believe in having clear goals and being open about them. My goals are to
• continue to develop my technical expertise and personal effectiveness
• move into a senior technical consultancy role
• become a CTO with a strong business focus.

Notable Achievements:
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As Technical Account Manager for a large energy company account, I restored a failing customer relationship by using my skills in rapport, consultancy and influencing. The customer now compliments our service and recently purchased an extra £10k+ of Professional Services.

Providing pre-sales technical support. As a Pre Sales Technology Specialist I have helped secure £200k+ of potential revenue from a large communications company. This drew on my skills in GI technology, customer focus, consultancy and communications.

Creating, leading and managing a new technical consultancy team. The team effectively influenced the technical decisions Ordnance Survey took and received excellent customer feedback.

Providing technical leadership. I was the technical lead for Ordnance Survey’s implementation of geo web services (OGC WMS and WFS). My technical advice influenced the Directors’ decisions. By engaging with external 3rd parties I ensured that they were on course to deliver web mapping services to customers.

Tackling Data. At Hampshire County Council I designed, implemented and managed a large ArcSDE and Oracle Spatial geodatabase which underpins the enterprise GIS. This is accessed by up to 9000 end users, provides excellent performance and includes an innovative early implementation of OS MasterMap data.

Tim Warr’s Specialties:

Excellent communication
Technical and Business Consultancy
Sound business knowledge and strategic thinking
Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture and Technical Strategy
Software Development Methodologies (RUP and DSDM)
Web mapping, geospatial software and data management
Leadership and people management (including mentoring and coaching).
Third Party engagement (for outsourcing and vendor selection)
Service Management (ITIL), Technical Governance and Quality Control.

Tim Warr’s Experience

Technology Specialist

Microsoft (Multimap)

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

o Providing technical advice to high profile business stakeholders.
o Managing the technical relationship with Multimap's high-end customers.
o Pre-sales activity to devise solutions for client needs.
o Gathering requirements to develop the scope of projects at inception.
o Project managing bespoke customer development work.
o Leading post-implementation support.
Principal Geospatial Consultant

Ordnance Survey

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 2 months)

o Creating and leading a successful Technical Consultancy Team
o Providing technical advice to high profile business stakeholders
o Acting as senior technical stakeholder for several large IT programmes
o Providing technical assurance on projects
o Developing technical strategies and enterprise architectures
Geospatial Architect

Ordnance Survey

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2004 — July 2006 (1 year 11 months)

o Designing and leading the implementation of geospatial architectures which have now been successfully implemented.
o Developing a new corporate Service Orientated Architecture (SOA)
o Participating in the development of a new Software Development Lifecycle
o Providing geospatial technical advice.
IT Consultant and Senior GIS Officer

Hampshire County Council

(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Government Administration industry)

1999 — 2004 (5 years)

o Helping to develop, implement and manage a leading corporate GIS service.
o Architecting, designing and implementing a corporate geodatabase
o Developing geospatial applications.
o Providing GIS technical advice and support
GIS Officer

Hampshire County Council

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1999 — 2004 (5 years)
GIS Research and Applications Specialist

The Institute for Terrestrial Ecology

(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Environmental Services industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year)
GIS Officer

Wildlife Trusts

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Environmental Services industry)

1996 — 1998 (2 years)

Tim Warr’s Education

University of Sussex

2:1 , BA/BSc (Hons) Geography with Development Studies , 1992 — 1995
Leighton Park School

1985 — 1991

Additional Information

Tim Warr’s Websites:

My Website

Tim Warr’s Interests:

I am a volunteer with the ‘Circles of support and accountability’ Home Office project to integrate ex-offenders into the community to prevent re-offending. My passions include travel, Southern African wildlife, mountains and the Archers.