Tony Gray - Individual Professional Contractor & Interim Manager

Over 30 Years of Industry Expertise

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PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

July 2006 - to date:
Individual Professional Contractor

Jan - June 2006:
Doha Asian Games TETRA Project, Qatar
Interim Project Director

2004 - 2006: Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, UAE
Project Coordinator, POLICOM TETRA Project

2003 – 2004: Hyder Consulting (UK) Limited
Telecoms Projects Director

1996 – 2003: RCC Consultants Ltd, UK
Managing Director

1993 – 1996: Radiant Consultancy Group
Founder Director

1992 – 1993: UK Government, Directorate of Telecoms
Principal Consultant

1990 – 1992: Forth Systems
Managing Consultant

1985 – 1990: Securicor Datatrak
Business Development Manager

1977 – 1985: Siemens Plessey Controls
Engineering Group Leader

1973 – 1977: Thorn Consumer Electronics
Electronics Engineering Apprentice

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

HND, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Brighton Polytechnic, UK - 1977

Management Development Programme Diploma
Ashridge Management College, UK - 1985

RECENT PROJECT EXAMPLES

Project Manager (Europe)
Led a team assisting a European national police force with migration to a TETRA-based nationwide managed secure public sector radio service.

Mobile Data Consultant (UK)
Researched and developed the business case for adoption of mobile data applications on behalf of a UK Police Force.

Bid Manager (Middle East)
Acted as Bid Manager for a vendor preparing a major Public Safety & Security digital trunked radio network tender.

Due Diligence (Europe)
Provided bid preparation and technical due diligence services on behalf of an industry consortium bidding for a European Managed Public Safety Radio Network contract.

Interim Project Director (Qatar)
Established and led the initial resourcing, project processes, procedures and documentation standards for implementation management of a nationwide, mission-critical, public safety & security communications system.

Project Consultant (United Arab Emirates)
Consultant to a national public safety TETRA system procurement and implementation programme. Responsibilities encompassed overall ‘buyer’s agent’ role, including bid evaluation, technical and project management, liaison between vendors and operational user departments, acceptance testing and internal change management.

Project Manager (Europe)
Overall project management and technical assurance responsibility for a major consultancy assignment to assist a national police force in a countrywide digital trunked radio system implementation. This included providing strategic, procurement, project management and operational change management support to the client team.


PERSONAL

Date of birth: May, 1955 (53 years)
Nationality: British
Languages: English
Hobbies: Scuba diving, travel, music & reading