| Paul
Shaw has over 30 years of public and private sector experience
in geospatial information in Europe, Africa and Asia. He
has experience with many types of software including WEB development,
geospatial
engineering and the Microsoft suite of programs. Clients
have included the European Union, BP, Shell, Saudi Aramco, Thames
Water, Glasgow University, British Gas and the Egyptian Natural Gas
Company
(GASCO).
He has worked in multi-cultural
environments, managed large teams, often in harsh conditions,
and familiar with meeting tight timescales to budget. His key
skills include; practical common sense; honesty and integrity;
energy and enthusiasm; an ability to listen, understand and communicate
with different nationalities and cultures; an open mind; a lot
of patience; a competence to find collaborative solutions in complex
working environments.
During 2001 and 2002 he was responsible
for one of the largest consultancies ever awarded by the Private
Sector Development Program in Egypt, with specific responsibility
for interim management and development of a strategic plan for
a technologically advanced SME. Tasks included establishing job,
finance, computer and quality control systems; writing technical
proposals; training the surveyors/engineers in new technologies;
market assessment of a related industry; establishment of strategic
alliances with Egyptian and UK companies; renegotiating existing
contracts; maintaining positive cash flow. The relationship with
the MD and his family was crucial and a real challenge.
During 2000 and 2001 he worked
with the Egyptian Natural Gas Company (GASCO) to oversee total
quality management of a pipeline-mapping project using new technologies.
Innovative processes are not without their problems and close
collaboration with the stakeholders, including the chairman of
GASCO, was essential to the projects success. Tasks involved writing
technical specifications for equipment procurement; training of
GASCO engineers to locate pipe defects using satellite positioning;
analyzing data quality; development of technological processes.
Prior to GeoVision he was Operational
Director of an SME of over 40 people. Achievements included; converting
the survey division from manual dependency to mainly automated
processes through introduction of new software and hardware; moving
production work offshore to an Indian company to increase cost-competitiveness;
initiating Investors in People; establishing new HRM systems.
He believes communication is key
in any business, not just in the sense of getting messages across
but also with regard to knowledge sharing. Critical to effective
communication is the development of trust. As a consultant you
have to respect that trust. It is the most important part of business
management. Without it the communication process will not be effective.
An open, trusting environment encourages creativity and risk taking
- an important part of the life long learning process.
As
a Chartered Geomatics Surveyor
he has over 28 years of experience in land, building, aerial,
engineering,
and hydrographic surveys throughout the Middle East, Europe,
India and Africa, including satellite imagery processing
and development
of geographic information systems. He has also given lectures,
seminars and written articles.
He
is currently working with the Network of African Youths
for Development (NAYD) by creating and maintaining
a website (www.nayd.org ).This
organisation was formed in 2007 to enourage young Africans
involved in voluntary development to work together.
Please refer to the GeoVision WEB site at www.geovision.co.uk for more information.
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