Graham Morgan
Graham is a recognised expert in the field of geospatial information management and the development of spatially–enabled enterprise technical architectures. After graduating with a distinguished Masters degree in GIS from Edinburgh in 1991, he has consulted to organisations around the world, has published numerous articles and presents regularly at industry conferences.
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Raised on the edge of the Cumbrian Lake District Graham has always maintained a passion for adventure and the mountains. Fortunately many of his consulting assignments just happen to have involved relocating to some of the most beautiful (and mountainous) regions of the world. He met his wife whilst skiing in the French Alps and, after many years chasing geospatial projects around the world, are now based in Cumbria.
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An expert in spatial system architectures, GIS, data management and business intelligence, Graham has worked around the world and has enjoyed leading projects for a wide range of organisations from Defence to Natural Heritage. Graham has also climbed, skied, biked and trekked extensively; he is a qualified mountain leader and occasionally instructs for his family’s mountaineering business in the Lake District.
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Professional Qualifications
Career History
August 2007 to present Spatial Consultants Ltd, United Kingdom Managing Director/Geospatial Architect Member of Geomatics Industrial Advisory Panel for Newcastle University
August 2004 to July 2007 Forte Consulting Ltd, Canada Managing Partner/Solution Architect January 1999 to July 2004 Atos Origin, USA (SchlumbergerSema, Convergent Group thru acquisition) Solutions Architect/Project Engineer
May 1997 to October 1998 Perot Systems Europe, United Kingdom GIS Applications Developer September 1995 to December 1996 Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canada Senior GIS Systems Analyst
March 1995 to September 1995 Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm GIS Teacher/Researcher July 1993 to December 1994 Callahan Fox & Associates, Australia Senior GIS Specialist
July 1992 to May 1993 Travelling through SE Asia
September 1991 to June 1992 Sperry Sun Drilling Services Senior Logging Geologist (North Sea, Denmark)
October 1990 to October 1991 Undertaking GIS Masters Degree, Edinburgh
September 1989 to October 1990 Sperry Sun Drilling Services Logging Engineer (Middle East) May 1989 to September 1989 UNOCAL (UK) Technical Assistant, Exploration Department: Europe
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Professional Qualifications
• MSc (with Distinction): Geographical Information Systems, University of Edinburgh, 1991
• BSc (2:1, Hons): Geology, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, 1988
• LEAD Business Leadership, University of Lancaster / Cumbria, 2010
• FME Certified Professional, 2019
• MSCE Azure Cloud Platform and Infrastructure, 2017
• BCS CISMP Information Security Management, 2017
• TOGAF 9 Certified, 2016
• Certified ScrumMaster, 2012
• MBCS CITP (Chartered IT Professional), British Computer Society, 2009
• GISP (GIS Certified Professional), USA, 2004, Analogous to RGS CGeog (GIS), UK
• MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) MS SQL Server Enterprise Edition, 2002 • Smallworld GIS World Class Partner, Accredited Application Developer, 1998
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Relevant Experience and Roles
-National Grid Development Plan Monitoring System (2019-): Graham is currently completing the implementation of an ArcGIS Online/Cloud based solution to enable Avison Young to deliver a national service to monitor potential impacts of local authority development plans on National Grid gas and electrical transmission assets in the UK.
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-Sellafield Cloud Collaboration Platform (2019-): Working Arup (UK) Graham is responsible for the design and implementation of a secure Microsoft Azure/O365-based collaboration platform to support Sellafield and its supply chain partners within the Infrastructure Strategic Alliance. He also leads on the geospatial strategy and the implementation of an ArcGIS Enterprise platform to support masterplanning, land management, design, construction and asset care work streams.
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-Copeland Borough Council Cyber Recovery and GIS Replacement (2017-2019): Graham coordinated the recovery and renewal of Copeland Borough Council’s entire ICT estate following a very serious cyber-attack that encrypted many council systems. This involved building a response team, managing the long-running recovery effort and developing the strategy and enterprise architecture to support the council into the future, including new finance, building control and planning systems. This work concluded with the migration of the council’s legacy open source GIS to ESRI’s cloudhosted ArcGIS Online service.
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