Mike Burden
Mike has over 20 years experience in transport systems engineering ranging from research into electronic payment systems in transport through to the design of smart card automatic fare collection systems and road user charging schemes. Mike has worked on projects in Europe, Asia and America and has advised clients on a range of subjects including developing technology strategies for intelligent transport systems, assisting rail operators in their approach to rail franchising in the UK and developing technology solutions for electronic toll collection and automatic fare collection systems. He has also evaluated several multi-million-pound contracts for government organisations.
Mike has a BEng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, an MSc in Optoelectronics from Northumbria University and an MBA from the University of Surrey.
He is a Chartered Engineer, Member of the IET and BCS, as well as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management
Skills
Senior Management Consultant focused on automatic fare collection, road user charging, smart cards and mobile technologies • Subject matter expertise across payment systems in transport, including open and closed loop systems • Extensive experience in requirements analysis, strategy development, business case development, technology road mapping, system procurement, business development • Advising at senior management and board level • Project and programme management
Relevant Professional experience
Recent transit projects Mike has been involved with include:
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Arup - Integrated and Smart Ticketing Strategy for Cambridgeshire County Council
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Australian Aid, Review of Electronic Toll Collection Technology and its suitability for use in Indonesia
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Toll Road Operator (2016) (IRE) – Support to bid for M50 Toll Road operation in the Republic of Ireland
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For the World Bank, undertaking a study into the development of interoperable AFC standards in Poland
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Assisting the Slovenian government in their roll out of a national smart ticketing scheme
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Advised several UK Train Operating Companies on smart ticketing
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Project Manager for a research project developing a new and innovative approach to rail ticketing in the UK
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Providing support in the development of a technology strategy for the next generation of Road User Charging Systems for the European Roads Authority
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Project Manager for a study into the future ticketing technologies for rail ticketing in the UK
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Project manager of a project with Recaudo Bogota in Colombia which will deliver an open specification for a smart card-based electronic fare collection system
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For TfL Mike was part of the successful team that developed the reader specification for the FTP project
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For a major international payment scheme, Mike provided support on a project looking at the use of Transient Data Areas on Contactless Payment Cards and how they might be utilised in the transport sector.
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For a payment startup, Mike provided insight into the barriers to be overcome when entering the transport market and supported the submission of a successful proposal to the Technology Strategy Board to help develop an innovative approach to rail ticketing
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He is regularly invited to present at international conferences and has authored numerous articles and papers in the field of intelligent transport systems.
Technology
Mike has supported several private and public sector clients, including KCRC (HK), TransLink Systems (NL) and Cubic in the development of their specifications for electronic toll collection systems. He has also acted as an evaluator for the Dutch National Smart Card System tenders and the now abandoned, UK Lorry Road User Charging Scheme.
Mike provided technical advice to BKK in Budapest to assist with their selection of ticketing technology for a new system currently being implemented.
Mike was the project manager for a project in Bogota, Colombia to develop an open specification for smart ticketing in Colombia, based on the current implementation in Bogota.
Mike also provided technical support in the development of the business case for smart ticketing to clients in the rail sector in Central and Eastern Europe.
Developing User Requirements
Mike was part of the System Design Authority at Cubic for the Prestige Project, which was responsible for the delivery of the Oyster system in London. He also worked with several rail operators during their franchise bids in the UK and in particular helped them develop innovative solutions for their revenue collection systems.
Strategy
Mike has acted for several clients looking to enter the transport ticketing space from the financial services and mobile sectors and assisted them with developing an entry strategy. He was also responsible for developing a technology roadmap for a client looking to see the impact of ticketing technology in the UK rail sector on its business.
Since 2012 he has been a guest lecturer at Newcastle University on the MSc in Intelligent Transport Systems.
From 2015 to 2016 he was an Associate Lecturer at the Southampton Solent University Business School.