About

Michael C Biggs I.Eng MIET

Has extensive experience in the delivery of innovative technology solutions focusing on communication in the transportation and utility sectors.

Recent work on the £10billion 30-year M25 DBFO contract (PFI) as senior change manager involved specification changes to highways assets, management, construction, maintenance and performance.

He has an inclusive knowledge the DMRB standards for highways transportation, asset management and other highways technical service standards, technical inspections and best industry practice.

He has held senior management and executive positions for the majority of years in industry and has a wide experience in all aspects of technology businesses from Start-up to maturity. Experienced in leading and growing all sectors of business to make it a dynamic, progressive and sustainable organisation. Possessing excellent communication skills and able to establish sustainable beneficial relationships with customers, suppliers, contractors and stakeholders across many disciplines.

In a variety of roles, he has managed and experienced all aspects of an SME’s business, their products, services and people, along with the continual challenges they face. This has also given him a unique view as to how potential customers/users view new technology related commercial considerations and, in some cases, influence the outcome. In bringing new technology to market, he has also had experience in dealing with suppliers to form partnerships where they can properly support new developments and keep pace with innovation. Negotiated out-sourcing partnerships which is an important element to enable the core business to grow and leverage their USP.

He has knowledge in “last mile” access network technology, focused on telephony and broadband. Specifically private networks protocols for secure high resilience protocols for command-and-control systems. He has experience in all stages of the product/system development life cycle including systems, hardware and software. He has extensive knowledge of the principles, technologies and protocols used in computer networks.

He particularly focuses on new technologies for feasibility to solve problems and build in future resilience. Over the years he has gained expertise in Quality Management system including ISO9001, many aspects of his communications and carrier grade systems experience have proven to be transferable to other industry sectors.