Those who are new to the OR profession, interested in becoming an Operational Researcher or acquiring a knowledge of OR. An ideal course for delegates making the transition from a scientific, academic, or IT background to an OR role.
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Mark works as an independent consultant and trainer for attivation. He works principally with project teams in the early stages of project development. He works mostly as a facilitator using Cognitive Mapping and Soft Systems Methodology to negotiate feasible action plans with project teams.
He was previously a lecturer at Lancaster University, where he worked with Prof Peter Checkland and previously with Prof Colin Eden at Strathclyde University.
His clients have included the NHS, British Sugar, ShooSmiths, Swedish Dept of Trade, Dept of HE Indonesia, QinetiQ, Serious Organised Crime Agency, Royal Navy, Dstl, and GORS, amongst many others. His training focuses on transferring the skills inherent to project consultancy, analysis and facilitation.
Mark teaches SSM, Cognitive Mapping and facilitation courses for the OR Society and other clients. He has also held directorships in the Housing Industry and is currently an executive director of a non-profit.
Greg is a consultant and trainer with wide experience of Operational Research, particularly data analysis, modelling, simulation and optimisation. He worked initially in the Coal industry, then the Water industry, and the Highways Agency. His PhD was on optimisation under uncertainty.
Before he retired Greg was a Programme Director at the National School of Government, responsible for courses in analysis and use of evidence, statistics, research methods, and writing and briefing skills among other topics. Since then he has continued to design and run courses, particularly on Data Presentation and Foundation OR topics such as Modelling.
He is a Fellow of the OR Society.
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