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Jon Drea

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Technical Director, Data & Digital at AtkinsRéalis
📍 Wavendon, England, United Kingdom

Jon Drea serves as the Technical Director for Data & Digital at AtkinsRéalis. His career is focused on transport innovation, previously leading data science at National Highways where he delivered over £30m in efficiency savings and built new data and GIS capabilities. He holds an MBA from The Open University.

Jon won a "Special Achievement in GIS" award at the 2023 Esri global conference for his work at National Highways.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Technical Director, Data & Digital
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Wavendon, England, United Kingdom
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Digital Road Networks
He is on the management team for the "Digital Roads of the Future" initiative and has presented on developing the digital road network at industry conferences.
Valuing Data Assets
He champions treating data as a tangible asset, highlighting a project that calculated the economic value of National Highways' spatial data at £3. 2 billion to the UK.
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Career

Work history

2-2023
Technical Director, Data & Digital
AtkinsRéalis
7-2019 - 2-2023
Head of Data Science & The Digital Lab
National Highways
4-2016 - 7-2019
Head of Performance - Freight and National Passenger Operators
Network Rail
8-2012 - 4-2016
Head of Delivery (Data Services)
Network Rail
6-2010 - 8-2012
Customer First Programme Manager/ Customer Insight & Risk Manager
Central Bedfordshire Council
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Education
2007 - 2009
BA(hons) MBA
The Open University
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