Mr Richard Shortridge CGeog (GIS)

Biography

Occupation: Senior GIS Consultant Employer: W S Atkins Memo: Richard is a Senior GIS Consultant at WS Atkins. He has a B.Sc. (Hons) in Zoology from the University of Edinburgh and an M.Phil. in Spatial Ecology from the University of Manchester. During his studies Richard worked as a voluntary researcher on three projects, one in the North of Scotland looking at the spatial distribution of Water Voles, another investigating Eider Duck nesting distribution on the Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire and finally oak plant gall distribution in the Northern Uplands of Hungary. For Atkins Richard specialises in GIS analysis, data management, data conversion, 3D visualisation, World Heritage Site Assessments and socio-economic analysis. These skills have enabled him to work on prestigious projects such as EU Flood GIS, London Olympics and the Heathrow 3rd Runway Investigation.