The Information Management Journey at Heathrow Airport
When you serve 80 million passengers every year, and plan to serve 50 million more soon, data “delivery” isn’t enough. Learn how the team at Heathrow is adapting to transformation with better data management strategies.
70 years ago, the departure lounge for London’s Heathrow Airport was a large canvas tent. Today, Heathrow serves 80 million passengers annually—and in the next seven years, it’s expected to serve another 50 million more every year. Needless to say, as the airport has grown, their data strategy has evolved. Nigel Stroud, information lead for Heathrow, shares how cloud connection, better data interfaces, better training, and new approaches to data governance will enable him and his partners to move from traditional kinds of data “delivery” to something new: ongoing data “development.”
About the speaker
Nigel Stroud has worked in the construction industry for three decades, implementing digital asset and information management strategies. He has worked in this capacity on Heathrow’s Terminal 5 and Terminal 2 expansion projects.
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