Graham Morgan BSc MSc
Senior Solutions Architect & Digital Strategy Specialist
Phone:
+44 (0)1900 822 458 (Office)
+44 (0)7717 539 412 (Direct)
Key areas of expertise:
Digital solutions strategy
Cloud architecture, deployment and operation
Power Platform solution implementation
Data and systems integration
Enterprise data transformation and management
GIS design and implementation
Smart City strategies and digital twins
Certifications & Memberships:
MCSE Azure, Agile ScrumMaster, FMECP, AGI
A Bit About Me
As an expert in the design and development of spatial information systems, Graham has helped numerous organisations around the world. He is a highly skilled and experienced Enterprise Architect with a long history of leading agile teams in delivering enterprise solutions.
From Defence to Natural Heritage, Graham has over 25 years of hands-on experience working with client teams to implement enterprise solutions to address a myriad of business needs. His knowledge of spatially-related technologies is both broad and deep and he has produced numerous articles and conference presentations based on his experiences in deploying them. Graham served as the Chairman of the Association for Geographic Information Northern Group and has received the AGI Director’s Award for service to the industry.
Key areas of expertise include: problem solving, cloud system architectures, implementation strategies; team development, data infrastructure development, data transformation, migration and management; spatial analysis and data visualisation.
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.
Recent Assignments
2019 - 2025
ICT Architect and Digital Implementation Lead, Ove Arup International / Sellafield Infrastructure Strategic Alliance, UK. Graham is responsible for the design and implementation of a secure Microsoft Azure/O365/Power Platform-based collaboration environment 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.
2019 - 2025
Senior Consultant, Avison Young / National Grid Spatial Data Management Platform, UK. Graham leads on the development and operation of an ArcGIS Online/Cloud and FME-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.
2017 - 2019
Senior Consultant, Copeland Borough Council, Cyber Recovery, Cumbria, UK. Graham coordinated the recovery and renewal of Copeland Borough Council’s ICT estate following a very serious cyber-attack that encrypted many council systems. This involved building an internal team, managing the long-running recovery effort and developing the strategy and enterprise architecture to support the council into the future.
2017 - 2020
Senior Consultant / Subject Matter Expert, Ove Arup International / Hong Kong Common Spatial Data Infrastructure (CSDI) Programme, Hong Kong. Graham provided specialist advice for a feasibility study into the development of a Built Environment Application Platform (BEAP) for the Hong Kong Government’s Planning Department. The BEAP is one of the core components of the city’s Digital Twin. Working with a team primarily based in Hong Kong, the study took forward the Hong Kong Common Spatial Data Infrastructure (CSDI) Development Strategy to support the Hong Kong Smart City Blueprint by formulating an overall development framework and demonstrating with proofs of concept and prototypes a number of applications for the establishment of the Digital Twin platform. The work focused on city planning, land parcels and land use, infrastructure/engineering, and environmental applications. The BEAP project won three prestigious awards, including the Grand Award for Excellence from the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) in 2020.
Testimonial
"Graham worked as a senior GIS architect on my team of IT Strategy architects for more than a year. Graham brings with him an extensive understanding of Geospatial technologies and his expertise of enterprise systems integration. He brings with him a deep experience of IT consultancy, strategy and architecture working across many industries and that adds a lot of value and perspective to the business problem. Graham is a leader, very approachable and provided guidance to other junior members of my team. It has been a pleasure to work with Graham and I would absolutely recommend his service to anyone wanting to achieve great results.”
Chirag Mehta, Enterprise Architecture Lead,
Transport for London​
