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I was born in Edinburgh 1962 and have always lived in Scotland.

I was educated at the local Grammar School and left in 1978 when I was 16 with seven “O” levels, average qualifications at the time.

I started work on the railways as a mechanical apprentice at the Craigentinny Maintenance Depot in Edinburgh in 1978.  This four year apprenticeship was intensive, broad based and included college studies in Mechanical and Production Engineering to HNC level.

I have worked on all aspects of Rolling Stock maintenance on the depot as a fitter, was further trained to carry out electrical work. I progressed through the supervisory grades to Senior Shift Supervisor.  Through this I developed an in depth knowledge of safety critical systems.  I have also had specialist training in Non-Destructive testing, and have gained an in-depth knowledge of wheels bogies and running gear.

I have had 14 years experience as a Rolling Stock Inspector carrying out in-service inspection, fault diagnosis and repairs on high speed diesel and electric trains.

I have an extensive knowledge of the environment that Rolling Stock has to operate and how it performs in reality at speeds in service up to 125 mph.  This included understanding what makes them reliable and what can be done to still operate when parts of systems are defective or have been badly damaged or isolated.

Due to time limitations, rapid decision making was necessary and it was also necessary to work within what limited resources were available in isolated locations such as tools, and materials.

I have undertaken further academic education in addition to normal work through the Open University and gained a BSc (Hons) degree and Diplomas in Systems Practice, Pollution Control and Professional Management. I am also an Incorporated Engineer IEng, a member of the IET and Associate Member of the IMechE.

I was the project engineer for life extension work and reliability improvements to the East Coast Inter-City 125 High Speed Train fleet. This included ; Re-painting in, complete new vehicle interiors, laminated glass, MTU engines, new cooling systems, upgraded electronic control, reliability modifications, production of enhanced component overhaul specifications for rotating machines and bogies.

I am currently responsible for Assurance and Engineering Standards including the production and control of Maintenance, Quality and Policy documentation relating to the London North Eastern 225 Electric fleet and Assurance of the new Hitachi Class 800 fleet. I am an IRCA registered Lead auditor for both ISO9001 and ISO14001.  I represent London North Eastern Railway on various Rail Industry forums through both the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) and Rail Delivery Group (RDG). These include; fire, vehicle maintenance, pantographs, energy, wheelsets, axle bearings and standards. I am chair of the BSI RAE3/-/2 committee for Roller Bearings and Lubricants.

I am passionate about the Assurance, safe design, reliability, cost effective maintenance, effective management of Engineering change, vehicle configuration and operation of trains.

System Safety Assurance Manager expecting to make the most of 18 years return of experience on rail projects (CBTC, ETCS) on new challenges over the world.

Work Experience

Urban Conventional projects Safety Manager Alstom –Saint-Ouen (France)
Oct. 2011 – Present

• Since 02/Feb. 2016: U300 / U200/ SACEM / CDTC projects Safety Assurance Mgr.: Coordination of all Alstom’s U200 (Cairo, Bangalore, Hong-Kong, …) / U300 (Lausanne, Singapore)/SACEM/CDTC projects safety activities with 7 to 10 SAM/SAE team.
• Feb. – Dec. 2018: Singapore’s Thomson Line project (U400 CBTC) Safety Assurance Mgr.: SAP, PHA, SHA, IHA, O&SHA, SCIL, Hazard log, SRACs, Safety Case, interlocutor to ISA/ Contractual Authorities/ Line Operator Start of on-site dynamic test (Jun. 2018).
• Apr. 2015 – Jan. 2018: Lusail’s (Doha, Qatar) Trams project (U400 CBTC) Safety Assurance Mgr.: SAP, PHA, SHA, IHA, O&SHA, Hw/Sw SA, Safety Case and interlocutor to ISA/Contracting Authorities.
• Since Apr. 2015: Dubai’s Tram (U400 CBTC) Safety Assurance Mgr.: Follow-up of safety for 3 years warranty with Safety Case and Hazard Log updates, also interlocutor to ISA.
• Jun. 2012 – Mar. 2015: Lille’s L1 revamping project (U Fluence) Safety Assurance Mgr.: SAP, PHA, IHA, O&SHA, Hw/Sw SA, Hazard Log, SRACs, budget authorization for dynamic tests on test track.
• Oct. 2011 – Jun. 2012: Mexico’s L12 project (U400 CBTC) Safety Assurance Mgr.: SAP, PHA, IHA,
• O&SHA, SCIL, Hazard log, SRACs, SC, interlocutor to ISA Revenue Service authorized (Dec. 2012) – Oct. 2011 – Jun. 2012: Toronto’s YUS line revamping Safety Assurance Mgr.: SAP, SHA, PHA, IHA, O&SHA, demonstration compliance of Sw to EN 50128, Hazard Log, interlocutor to ISA/ contractingAuthorities

Rail projects Safety Assurance Manager
Thales Rail – Vélizy (France)
Feb. 2008 – Sep. 2011

• Sep. 2010 – Sep. 2011: Shanghai’s L6, L8 & L9 PMI (CBI) Safety Assurance Mgr.: SAP, PHA, SHA, IHA, O&SHA, Hw/Sw SA, Hazard Log and interlocutor to on-site CBTC system.
• Sep. 2008 – Aug. 2010: Rocade Nord’s project (ETCS) detailed design Safety Assurance Mgr. (in
• Madrid): SAP, PHA, SHA, IHA, O&SHA, SCIL, Hazard Log, SC, interlocutor to Transport Authorities/NoBo.
• Feb. – Jul. 2008: Beijing L4 project PMI (CBI) Safety Assurance Mgr.: see Shanghai above.

VAL RAMS Manager

Siemens Transportation Systems – Châtillon (France)
Jun. 2001 – Jan. 2008

• Oct. 2006 – Jan. 2008: Turned key Systems RAMS Mgr.: Safety strategy, Workload & budget follow-up.,
• Sep. 2007 – 09/2007: Uijeongbu (Seoul)’s VAL project pre-final design RAMS Mgr.: SAP, PHA.
• Oct. 2001 – Jun. 2007: Toulouse’s VAL projects RAMS Mgr. (Line A extension & line B): SAP, PHA, SHA, IHA, HwSA O&SHA, SCIL, Hazard Log, SRAC, SC, interlocutor to ISA/Transport authorities/Line operator  Revenue service Authorization (Jun. 30^th 2007).

Technical Manager

Willet Ltd – Roissy ZI (France)
Dec. 1998 – Jun. 2001

Maintenance Manager
SIGES, Sodexo – St-Quentin/ Yvelines (France)
Apr. 1997 – Aug. 1998

RAMS Engineer
Saunier Duval Electricité (SDEL) – Suresnes (France)
Feb. 1992 – Mar. 1997

Sirius (Paris’ car drivers real-time information system)
RAMS Mgr.

• SAP: System Assurance Plan (Strategy) – PHA: Preliminary Hazard Analysis
• IHA: interface(s) Hazard Analysis (signal / messages)
• SHA: System Hazard Analysis (Functional)
• O&SHA: operation & Support Hazard Analysis (Operation)
• SCIL: Safety Critical Items List (safety spares)
• ISA: Independent Safety Assessor
• SAE: safety Assurance Engineer
• SAM: Safety Assurance Mgr.
• Hw/Sw: hardware /Software
• SA/HA: Safety Analysis/Hazard Analysis
• SC: Safety Case
• SRACs: Safety Related Application Conditions (Constraints)ules Michel PENDA
• Safety Assurance Manager
• Skills

Professional

• Safety Plan,
• Safety Case,
• Safety Analyses,
• Hazard Log,
• Team leading,
• Budget follow-up

Languages

• English (fluent),
• French (maternal)
• Spanish (notions) and,
• German (notions).

Personal

• Books (reading),
• Music (listening) and,
• Movie (viewing) also,
• Swimming.

Sven leads TINE’s Technology Lab, creating a culture of curiosity for new technologies in one of Norway’s largest and oldest companies.

This will enable TINE to be adaptable to change in the exponential tech development in the world. We build culture through experimentation, demonstration, learning and sharing.

The Technology Lab has carried out pilot projects in biometrics, computer vision, VR, AR, voice assistants, robotics and chatbots over the last year.

Sven has a unique profile, combining traditional management consulting and leading large IT implementations with innovation efforts in both start-up and corporate settings.