thinkWhere Team | The Experts in Geographic Data Sharing

Alan Moore

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Alan is thinkWhere’s Chief Executive and has over 30 years working in the GIS and mapping industry.

Alan has overall responsibility for the strategy, development and commercial operation of the Company and is on our Board of Directors. He is passionate about the opportunities to use GIS and spatial insight to solve real world problems.

In his spare time Alan is a keen cyclist and has a strong interest in archaeology.

Alastair Carson

Operations Team

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With over 2 decades experience in Software Development, and over 15 years working with GIS applications, Alastair works across all aspects of software product development, systems design and maintenance. Outside work, Alastair enjoys music, reading, exercise, beer and relaxing.

Alison Moon

Operations Team

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Alison is our Operations Manager and works closely with the whole thinkWhere team bridging strategy into delivery for our current and future products.

Ali started with us in 2006 as a Senior GIS Analyst, primarily with technical project management responsibilities, and has also fulfilled the role of Account Manager within the Commercial Team.

Ali’s interests include singing, hill walking and swimming, and has been known to bust some impressive moves on the Zumba dancefloor!

Catherine Schroder

Operations Team

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Catherine has been with the company since 2012, and has fulfilled a number of roles in the GIS industry.

Catherine oversees some of the operational elements of the Operations Team who provide professional GIS Consultancy, Training and Support services to our customers.

Catherine is a busy Mum and hails from New Zealand.

Charles Thompson

Operations Team

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Charles joined thinkWhere in May 2018 as a Consultant. Prior to joining thinkWhere, Charles spent over 4 years working in the renewable energy industry, providing GIS support for a variety of projects.

Outside work, Charles enjoys reading, trail running and swimming.

Colin Wright

Operations Team

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Colin has over 20 years of experience in the GIS industry across all aspects of GIS since his first job digitizing OS LandLine mapping for Ordnance Survey’s Rural Revision programme. Colin provides the lead on technical projects for developing GIS applications, with a focus on managing our OpenSource cloud infrastructure. Colin also runs our Postgres administration training course.

Dafydd Pearson

Operations Team

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Dafydd joined the Operations Team in September 2019 following successful completion of CodeClan’s intensive 16-week Professional Software Development course in Glasgow.

Originally from Aberystwyth, Wales, he has been fascinated by maps and cartography since an early age, and now enjoys combining his newly developed software development skills with these long held passions.

Outside of work he is a keen hiker and backpacker – in 2017 he hiked the Te Araroa trail, a long distance trail running the length of New Zealand. He now hikes closer to home and is slowly working his way through the Munros and Corbetts whenever the weather allows!

Diane Murphy

Business Support Team

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Diane joined the team in November 2017, provides support across all areas of the business and is PA to our Chief Executive Alan. Diane is responsible for lots of important things like Accounts, QMS and Health & Safety and makes the business run smoothly.

Diane is a busy Mum too, and enjoys spending time with her young family and friends outside work.

Duncan McLeish

Operations Team

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Duncan is one of our Consultants.

Duncan’s job within thinkWhere varies from data management, to delivering training and support to customers, and working on specific GIS projects.

Duncan says “Of all the staff I’m probably the one most likely to stand out, once being described as looking like a cross between a hipster and a pro-skateboarder. When not trying to convince you that GIS is cool, I can be found podcasting, running and adding to my expanding collection of tattoos (I’m running out of space).”

Fiona Thomas

Commercial Team

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Fiona has nearly 30 years’ experience in the cartographic / GIS industry, and has fulfilled a number of roles since joining the company in 2003.

Fulfilling a number of business development activities, Fiona’s main focus is to coordinate the marketing activities of the company.

Outside work, and with an artistic background, Fiona enjoys a broad range of creative hobbies including upcycling, design, crafting, photography and music.

Heather Malloch

Operations Team

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Heather joined the Operations Team in May 2019 after completing CodeClan’s 16 week professional software development course.

Heather’s background is in Outdoor Education, Ski Instructing and Active Schools.

In her spare time, Heather enjoys walking her dogs, running, hiking, geocaching, skiing, rock climbing (anything active) and relaxing!

Ian Feeney

Operations Team

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Ian is a software developer at thinkWhere and has a love for designing and building geospatial web applications using a variety of technologies including AngularJS, OpenLayers, Geoserver, Python and PostGIS.

Ian is also an Agile Scrum Master, which “gives me a great opportunity to help improve the software development process here at thinkWhere”. Outside of work Ian loves spending time with his young family, home-brewing, cycling and tinkering with his many bicycles.

Kirsten Reilly

Operations Team

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Kirsten joined the thinkWhere Operations Team as a Consultant in May 2018, and has a background working with GIS in both Civil Engineering and the Environmental sectors. Interests outside of work include running, orienteering and fundraising for the charity Mind. In addition, Kirsten enjoys more creative hobbies such as baking, knitting, photography and gardening.

Linda Alblas

Operations Team

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With degrees in GIS and software development, Linda is the perfect fit for the role of thinkWhere Developer!

When not coding or designing interfaces, Linda likes the great outdoors – exploring Scotland and places further afield.

When at home, Linda enjoys the challenge of growing plants.

Neil McFadyen

Operations Team

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A member of the Operations team, the majority of Neil’s time is spent managing the background mapping and third party data we provide through our hosted services and online applications.

Neil also provides customer support on everything from desktop GIS to our own bespoke systems.

Neil has had a fascination for maps from an early age which may have had some influence on his choice of career!

Tracey Cormack

Business Support Team

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Tracey is our Administrator, and joined us in October 2019. Before thinkWhere, Tracey worked as Caledonian Marts Sales Administration Manager, and has a background fulfilling a range of administration roles.

Tracey has spent her life living on working farms, and outside of work, enjoys a rural, busy life running aspects of her family’s farm in Stirlingshire.

Zlata Popelnuh

Operations Team

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Zlata is our software test analyst – ensuring thinkWhere software solutions are robust and of the highest quality using a number of processes and automated tests.

Zlata has a GIS MSc from University of Aberdeen and Geography BA from University of Strathclyde.

In her spare time Zlata enjoys cycling and hiking.

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