Staff @ TMS

Prior to co-establishing TMS in 1990, Steve worked with Birmingham University's Accident Research Unit before moving to Birmingham City Council where he managed a multi-disciplined team engaged in the implementation of local safety schemes. He is a member of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety and was involved in working parties for the IHT Safety Audit Guidelines and Road Safety NVQ's. At TMS, Steve has taken the lead role in a number of projects including the production of a road safety strategy for the Highways Agency.

Phil is a Chartered Civil Engineer. Phil joined TMS in 1998 from Warwickshire County Council where he was Group Manager of the traffic and safety engineering divisions. His department won a number of national awards for traffic calming schemes. Phil has extensive experience in traffic management and road safety engineering policy and schemes. Since joining TMS, Phil has also been instrumental in the expansion of our training services in both the UK and Ireland.

Malcolm joined TMS as an Associate in 1998 from Kent County Council where he was the Traffic Management Policy Manager. He has presented talks in numerous countries on Safety Audit and Traffic Calming and has extensive experience of cycling strategies and schemes. At TMS Malcolm is involved in a wide variety of road safety and traffic management project work. Malcolm is also one of the principal trainers on the RoSPA Road Safety Engineering courses and various other TMS training courses. Malcolm has extensive expertise in the fields of Road Safety Auditing and Road Safety Engineering.

Prior to establishing TMS Consultancy, Martin worked at a variety of local authorities in the UK. At TMS, Martin has carried out over 1000 Safety Audits, and acts as course director on TMS and RoSPA training courses. He has worked on a number of projects including safety studies, junction designs, public transport and cycling schemes.

Andy joined TMS in October 2000 from Rugby Borough Council where he was a Senior Highway Engineer. At Rugby, he was responsible for the design and construction of highway and infrastructure projects, including a large 20mph zone and a major town centre enhancement. For TMS, Andy carries out traffic management projects, accident & safety studies and road safety audits. He has carried out over 650 road safety audits since working for TMS.

Colin joined TMS in 1995 from Coventry City Council where he was a senior traffic engineer. He has a wide range of experience in the design of traffic signal and roundabout junctions. For TMS, Colin carries out traffic management projects, safety engineering studies, and traffic impact assessments and traffic modelling.

Kevin is a graduate and member of the Institution of Highways and Transportation. He is an experienced engineer with a wealth of road safety engineering and traffic management experience. He has worked in both the public and private sector and joined TMS in 2005. Kevin has extensive experience of road safety audit, accident investigation and the design of treatment measures.

Kevin has carried out much of his recent work on the trunk road and motorway network in Area 4.

Hammy joined TMS in 2001 from Warwickshire County Council, where he was an engineer in the Traffic Group. He has extensive experience in safety engineering, and has won national awards for some of his innovative local safety schemes. He also has experience of traffic signal design and has been involved in developing Safer Routes to Schools schemes. At TMS, Hammy is a Senior Road Safety Auditor and has carried out over 1300 road safety audits. Hammy has also carried out a wide range of audits both nationally and internationally.

Mark joined TMS in 1997 from Coventry City Council where he was responsible for major highway improvements, local safety schemes and the preparation and evaluation of TPP schemes. For TMS, Mark carries out detailed design work, safety studies, road safety audits and sign design.

Duncan is an experienced Incorporated Engineer with a wealth of road safety engineering and traffic management experience. Previously Duncan was the road safety engineering team leader for Warwickshire County Council before joining TMS in 2002. Duncan has worked extensively on road safety engineering schemes on the trunk road and motorway network. He has also helped to develop the Warwickshire Safety Camera Partnership. At TMS Duncan is a Course Director on RoSPA's AIP courses and delivers many of our safety related courses.

Before joining TMS, Elaine worked in both the public and private sector. Within Warwickshire County Council Elaine was responsible for carrying out accident investigation and prevention (AIP) type work. At TMS, Elaine is a key member of the projects team and has been involved in detailed accident analysis, route studies, area-wide treatments, design of accident remedial studies and road safety audits throughout the UK. To date, Elaine has carried out over 400 road safety audits.

Gordon has recently joined TMS from over 15 years service at Staffordshire County Council. Gordon was head of Urban Transport Projects and responsible for a group of 25 engineers, primarily involved in the design and implementation of all integrated transport initiatives. At TMS Gordon is a key trainer on our road safety and traffic related courses.

Pete joined TMS in 2003. A former Police Officer with 30 years experience of road traffic enforcement, he was head of the Thames Valley Police Traffic Management Unit until 2001. Since leaving the service he has worked in Traffic Management and Highway Safety within the commercial sector and more recently with the Thames Valley Safety Camera Partnership. Pete is continuing his involvement in training with TMS as well as working on road safety projects.

Mark joined TMS in May 2006 after serving 30 years as a Police Officer for Warwickshire Police. Mark was a team leader at the Warwickshire Police Road Safety Unit, working in partnership with highway authorities to reduce road casualties through engineering, enforcement and education. His road policing experience involved the attendance, investigation and supervision of serious injury and fatal road traffic collisions. At TMS Mark is involved in carrying out Road Safety Audits for the company together with carrying out AIP studies of cluster sites for various clients.

Darren joined TMS in April 2004 having graduated with a degree in Planning and Development (BSc) in 2003. Within the company Darren currently assists with a range of project work, including investigation and analysis of road accident problem routes, accident analysis for Transport Assessments and road safety audits. Darren is also a key member of the Road Safety Audit Team, carrying out audits for clients on a wide range of different schemes throughout the UK and Ireland.

Gill joined TMS in 2001 originally as the Office Manager, having previously worked in Highways and Traffic sections of various Local Authorities. Gill has helped with the expansion of the training sector of TMS and is now responsible for the organising of all training courses run by TMS.

Lorna joined TMS in 2002 as a Coventry University Business Studies student carrying out her year long Industrial Placement. Since then Lorna has now completed her degree and is now Office Manager for TMS.