Our People
SCGIS Principals
Paul Day - Managing Director and GIS Consultant
Founder and director of SCGIS Limited, Paul holds a 1st-class BSc.(Hons) in Surveying & Mapping Sciences from NELP (UEL) and a PgDip. in Computing for Commerce & Industry from the OU. An 18-year career in the offshore survey business in roles as surveyor, software developer/analyst, project manager and GIS manager has involved him in a diverse range of projects around the world.
Paul brings to SCGIS skills in geomatics, GIS, software development and project management as well as knowledge of domains such as the marine environment, E&P, hydrography and communications. In addition to using his skills & experience on project activities, Paul applies them to developing relationships with clients, eliciting & documenting requirements to help ensure SCGIS delivers solutions that satisfy & surpass expectations.
Dr Peter Smith - Director and Geophysical Consultant
Founder and director of SCGIS Limited, Peter is a Chartered Geologist with over thirty years of diversified experience in earth, environmental and marine sciences. He holds a PhD in Geology from Imperial College and a degree in Mining from the Camborne School of Mines.
His wide-ranging career encompasses supervisory positions in operating oil companies in the UK and Australia, teaching and carrying out research in universities in the UK and USA, and involvement in exploration and environmental projects worldwide from the Arctic to Australia. Peter brings a strong client/user perspective to SCGIS and experience in the application of GIS to integrated project management.
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Kate Aulman - GIS Consultant / Project Manager and Training Specialist
Kate has worked with GIS for over 20 years, in a variety of business areas. Her passion for GIS began in her BSc Geography and was consolidated through a PGDip in GIS. Since then Kate has worked in the energy, telecoms, environmental planning, regional government and defence sectors. Her roles have been wide ranging and include the management and provision of GIS services for a regional planning body and teaching and training GIS and cartography to soldiers in the MoD.
Kate's focus is primarily on the South Downs National Park where she project manages and delivers GIS & training services.
Andrew Cutts - Geospatial Consultant / Remote Sensing & Python Specialist
Andrew has been working with Geospatial data since 2002. During that time, he has held roles with local authorities, multinational companies and SMEs. His wide range of experience has involved designing, building, delivering and managing GIS projects to a range of internal and external end-users. He has very strong technical skills and many years of experience with both ArcGIS and QGIS. He has authored two books on QGIS 3 and has been running Geospatial Python programming courses for 2 years
Andrew's focus is currently on the South Downs National Park where he is driving the work on using Earth Observation data & analyses to support SDNPA requirements for monitoring changes across the park.
Jamie Wood - GIS Mapping & Design Specialist
Jamie's technical & artistic skills, which developed during his Art & Design diploma and Architecture degree, have been honed through years of work on digital design projects for a wide range of local and international clients. Since around 2000, these have been applied to great effect on a variety of mapping projects through the use of ArcGIS, QGIS, MapInfo and other geospatial software, including Open Source web-mapping developments.
Jamie regularly produces publication-quality promotional material (adverts & flyers) and exhibition posters & panels for SCGIS clients using the Adobe Creative Cloud suite.
