Tony Andrews

I have spent 30+ years working in the water sector either as a hydrologist, GIS specialist, hydraulic modeling, and asset management either in a research, consultancy or commercial software professional role. Originally graduating as a Geologist, I began my career as a research hydrologist at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology formerly Institute of Hydrology working on a number of DfID and UK government funded capacity building projects in Africa. After leaving CEH I had a short stint at Esri UK where my interest Geographic Information Systems began, moving from there to the Water Research Centre (WRc) as the Manager of the GIS group. I joined Innovyze formerly Wallingford Software in 1999 working as Director of Technical Services for 10 years where I developed my future interest in the application of technology for asset management in the water industry. Leaving Wallingford Software in 2009 I joined Bentley Systems as the Solution Executive for Water and Wastewater. This role required defining Bentley System’s solution strategy for water infrastructure and non-infrastructure assets. This involved working with Bentley System’s engineering, product, marketing and sales departments as well as consulting with global design and engineering firms, contractors, consultants and water owners. The solution spanned the design, construction and operations of network and plant assets, incorporating GIS, hydraulic modeling, asset lifecycle information management, digital twin and BIM. At the beginning of 2018 I returned to Innovyze as a Product Manager for water and wastewater asset management responsible for the InfoAsset desktop products and Info360 Asset SaaS application. I am now excited at the opportunity to develop further our asset management products and solutions at Autodesk after their recent acquisition of Innovyze. I have been married for 26 years and have 2 grown up daughters. I have participated in many sports, but golf and squash are now my main activities. I play the trombone in a traditional brass band and I have dabbled with playing blues and jazz.