Philip
Hugh Dominy
Personal
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Location:
Exeter |
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Nationality:
British |
Date
of Birth: 17/09/1968 |
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Profile:
A
business-oriented and customer-focussed programme manager with several years'
international experience in the delivery of software systems for weather
forecasting. Has established a reputation for professional excellence working
in a range of demanding roles for a consultancy delivering IT services to
National Met Services, both civilian and defence-based. As a member of and
manager of in-house project teams, and in
partnership with prime contractors, has delivered
the development and installation of forecasting systems. Background in Physics
(1st Class Oxford degree), 5 years' experience in civil and defence
forecasting, 5 years' experience in software development and PRINCE2 Project
Management, now working effectively with business unit managers, technical
consultants, suppliers, third parties and customers, while equally comfortable
in hands-on roles alongside technical staff and development teams. Experienced also as a trainer and consultant, and
working in QA/ISO 9001 environments.
Education:
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mid-1987
to mid-1990 |
University
of Oxford, St Edmund Hall |
1st
Class Ba Hons. Physics (Specialised
in last year into Atomic & Atmospheric Physics) |
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mid-end
1990 |
Scientific
Officers Course, Met Office |
Theoretical
Meteorology |
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1992 |
University
of Reading, Department of Meteorology |
Distinction
in MSc Meteorology |
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1994 |
Advanced
Forecasting Course, Met Office |
Applied
Meteorology |
Career
Summary:
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July
2003 to date |
Defence Outcomes Manager,
Met Office |
Programme
Manager for Defence Applications |
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Oct
2001 to June
2003 |
International Programme
Manager, Met Office |
Programme
Manager for IT Projects & Consultancy for National Met Services |
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Jan
to Sep 2001 |
Senior
Aviation Forecaster, Met Office |
Medium
& High-level, Civilian & Defence |
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1998
to 2000 |
Innovations
Supervisor, Met Office |
Project
Manager / Software Team Leader for technical projects within the
"Horace" suite of weather applications |
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mid-1995
to1997 |
Innovative
Systems Software Developer, Met Office |
Programmer
in FORTRAN on Unix platforms. Forecast Automation & Innovative
Workstation Applications. |
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mid-1994
to mid-1995 |
Commercial & Media
Forecaster, London Weather Centre |
Utility
& Retail companies, Farming, Radio, TV, Newspaper forecasts |
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1992
to mid-1994 |
Defence
Aviation Forecaster, RAF Odiham |
Low-level
forecasting for Royal Air Force. |
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1991 |
Civil
Aviation Forecaster, Met Office |
Low-level
forecasting for commercial aviation, ballooning, gliding, etc. |
Various
Special Projects:
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Semi-Automation
of Forecasting Products Wrote extended paper to initiate various projects to
automate forecast products from the Central Forecast Office. (1995)
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Paper on
Mountain (Lee) Waves & How to Forecast them managed verification &
implementation in "Horace" of Glenn Shutts Lee Wave Prediction
algorithm. (1996)
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Helped
initiate a project to deliver an enhanced "Horace" system to the
Royal Navy. (1996)
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Objective
Streamline Analysis wrote display software in Horace. (1997)
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Consultation
to US Air Force in Europe regarding Horace installation (1998)
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On-Screen
Analysis (OSA) wrote software in Horace and managed move from hand-drawn to
electronic analysis in Met Office Forecast Centre (NMC 1998). Included
Objective Front algorithms.
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TAF Semi-Automation Project Manager (1998-99)
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Objective
QNH Pressure Forecasting wrote algorithms for Horace, put into operation in
NMC (1999).
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Introduced
first NMC Website on the Intranet for Horace products (1999)
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Nov99-Apr00
4-month detachment to Thailand Met Dept, Bangkok, to fully implement new
Horace system and Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Model.
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Nov-Dec
2000 month long detachment to Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, to
implement Horace, including move from hand-drawn to electronic analysis &
forecast chart production.
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Horace
trials and minor installations in Philippines, Denmark, Bermuda, San Diego (US
Navy), Ireland, S Africa, Tanzania (2000-2002).
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Managed
major Horace Installation in Belgium (2003).
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Senior
Technical Consultant for project to port Horace from HPUX/AIX to Linux
(2002-2003).
Training
Courses / Professional Membership :
IT
knowledge and skills include: MS Outlook, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint.
Project Management Training in:
Prince2 methodology.
FRMetS
- Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Soociety.
Computing
Languages:
FORTRAN, UNIX (HPUX, AIX, Linux).
Languages: native
English, basic French.