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Staff Profiles

Abley Transportation Consultants is a specialised consultancy providing high level transportation engineering services. The company has a core staff of transportation professionals supported by ancillary staff. We pride ourselves on our independence, strategic thinking and high quality client deliverables.

Steve Abley Managing Director
Paul Durdin Director
Andy Carr Associate Principal
Dave Smith Principal Transportation Planner
Jeanette Ward Principal Transportation Engineer
Andy Milne Principal Transportation Engineer
Ann-Marie Head Principal Transportation Engineer
Jared White Senior Transportation Engineer
Kurt Janssen Senior GIS Analyst/Programmer
Kylee Galbraith Senior Transportation Planner
Jayde Drumm Senior Graphic Consultant
Stacy Rendall Consultant Transportation Researcher
Courtney Groundwater Transportation Engineer
Jay Baththana Graduate Transportation Engineer
Peter Cockrem Graduate Transportation Engineer
Laura Bates Graduate GIS Analyst
Nichola Blue Office Administrator
Anna Wright Financial Administrator
Steve Abley

Managing Director
BE(Hons) NZCE FIPENZ CPEng MICE CEng(UK) IntPE(NZ) MInstD

Steve is a specialist transportation and traffic engineer with extensive consultancy and contracting experience. He has the ability to combine theoretical knowledge and practical expertise to complex traffic and transportation issues and has had a wide range of experience working with both private companies and public authorities.  He has undertaken work in Australia the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Direct: +64(0)3 367 9003
Mobile: 021 556 864
Email: steve@abley.com

skype: ableytc.steve.abley

 

Steve Abley

Steve Abley

Paul Durdin

Director
BE(Hons) MIPENZ CPEng

Paul is a specialist traffic and transportation engineer with extensive consultancy experience. He has very effective management and communication skills proven through numerous good client relationships, project management and workload management for teams of other engineers. He is experienced and apt at understanding local authority and private clients’ transportation aspirations and understands strategic visions, policy and rules based outcomes.  He has undertaken work in Australia and New Zealand.

Direct: +64(0)3 367 9004
Mobile: 027 302 4313
Email: paul@abley.com
skype: ableytc.paul.durdin

 

Paul Durdin

Paul Durdin

Andy Carr

Associate Principal
BSc(Hons) MSc MBA Assoc.NZPI  MIPENZ CPEng IntPE(NZ)

Andy specialises in assessing the traffic and transportation effects of land development, and has provided expert advice to many of the country’s top developers on numerous high profile projects. He is especially experienced providing expert advice to hearings and the Environment Court.  He holds a number of leadership positions and is highly regarded in the transportation and traffic engineering industry. He has undertaken work in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Direct: +64(0)3 367 9009
Queenstown: +64(0)3 974 4569
Mobile: +64(0)27 561 1967
Email: andy.carr@abley.com

 

Andy Carr

Andy Carr

Dave Smith

Principal Transportation Planner
BTech(Hons) MPhil(Op Res)

Dave has a wealth of experience as a strategic transport modeller. His skills and knowledge complement and strengthen the micro-simulation, intersection and accessibility modelling capabilities within Abley. Dave is also very experienced in economic evaluation, crash analysis, land use development, parking studies and traffic surveys.

Direct: +64(0)3 367 9001
Mobile: +64(0)27 655 6005
           +64(0)21 864 461

Email: dave@abley.com

Dave Smith

Dave Smith

Jeanette Ward

Principal Transportation Engineer
BE(Hons) NZCE MIPENZ CPEng

Jeanette has vast experience in the transportation industry including streetscape urban design and project management. She has worked in local government and consultancy within the United Kingdom and New Zealand. She has excellent community engagement skills.

Direct: +64(0)3 367 9002
Mobile: +64(0)21 296 9524
Email: jeanette@abley.com
Jeanette Ward

Jeanette Ward

Ann-Marie Head

Principal Transportation Engineer
BE(Hons) MIPENZ CPEng IntPE(NZ)

Ann-Marie is a Principal Transportation Engineer with 10 years experience working for public and private sector clients in transportation planning and traffic engineering. Ann-Marie specialises in transport strategies, resource management, traffic engineering, project delivery and stakeholder engagement. She has worked in Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Direct: +64(0)3 367 9005
Mobile: 022 683 1004
Email: ann-marie@abley.com

 

Ann-Marie Head

Ann-Marie Head

Jared White

Senior Transportation Engineer
BE(Hons) GIPENZ

Jared is a Senior Transportation Engineer with 7 years consulting experience in the traffic modelling area. Jared uses modelling to assess development proposals and then develop solutions to capacity constraints. He has in-depth knowledge of strategic transport modelling including traffic generation, distribution and assignment. Jared has worked in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Direct: 03 367 9074
Mobile: 022 074 5339
Email: jared@abley.com

Jared White

Jared White

Kurt Janssen

Senior GIS Analyst/Programmer
BSc(Hons)(First Class)

Kurt is a specialist Geographical Information Systems (GIS) consultant with extensive central government and research experience.  He is very knowledgeable regarding spatial analysis techniques and the manipulation of large quantums of data for the betterment of client outcomes.  Kurt has worked in the United States and New Zealand.

Direct: +64(0)3 367 9008
Mobile: 021 440 737
Email: kurt@abley.com

 

Kurt Janssen

Kurt Janssen

Kylee Galbraith

Senior Transportation Planner
BPR&TM(Lincoln)

Kylee is a transport planner who has previously worked for consultants and local authorities in the area of sustainable travel, regeneration and design for schemes including; cycle, pedestrian, local safety, 20mph zones, urban design, bus priority, developer, and school travel plan projects. She has worked in New Zealand and the United Kingdom having reported to various planning committees and other decision making bodies. She has a particular interest in stakeholder engagement and working with developers to formulate the optimum solution for all parties.

Direct: 03 367 9078
Mobile: 021 473 355
Email: kylee@abley.com

Kylee Galbraith

Kylee Galbraith

Jayde Drumm

Senior Graphic Consultant

Jayde is a specialist print and web format graphic designer. Her experience with corporate and public clients, including working for major strategy and design consultants, means transportation concepts are attractive and well presented. Jayde's ability to photograph, represent and weave complex transportation into different medium formats makes her skills immensely valuable when conveying ideas visually.

Email: jayde@abley.com

Jayde Drumm

Jayde Drumm

Stacy Rendall

Consultant Transportation Researcher
BE(Hons) Mechanical

Stacy is currently undertaking a PhD in Energy Systems Engineering at the University of Canterbury as part of the Advanced Energy and Material Systems Lab (AEMS Lab) research group, in collaboration with Abley Transportation Consultants. His project focuses on measuring the transport energy footprint of urban forms and understanding opportunities for increasing the resilience of residents to fuel price rises. Stacy has experience with Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and programming in Python.

Direct: +64(0)3 367 9073

Mobile: 027 304 0617
Email: stacy@abley.com

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Stacy Rendall

Stacy Rendall

Courtney Groundwater

Transportation Engineer
BE(Hons)(First Class) GIPENZ

Courtney has experience undertaking and arranging traffic surveys including undertaking pedestrian activity surveys and origin-destination surveys.  She undertakes complex technical assessments.

Direct: +64(0)3 367 9071
Mobile: 027 466 1100
Email: courtney@abley.com

 

Courtney Groundwater

Courtney Groundwater

Jayampathi (Jay) Baththana

Graduate Transportation Engineer
ME(Hons)(First Class) BSc(Operations Research and Statistics)

Jay has extensive data manipulation and analysis skills. He is particularly knowledgeable regarding statistical software and the production of snapshot, trend, graphical and tabular reports. Jay undertakes complex technical assessments.

 

Direct: +64(0)3 367 9079
Email: jay@abley.com
Jay Baththana

Jay Baththana

Peter Cockrem

Graduate Transportation Engineer
BE(Hons)(First Class) GIPENZ

Peter has an outstanding academic achievement record from the University of Canterbury.  He has a particular interest in sustainable transport and urban design, and has studied transport policy and demand management at postgraduate level. He has experience with Geographical Information Systems (GIS), local government processes, traffic surveys and modelling, as well as technical analysis and reporting of outcomes. Peter has worked in central government, district council and university research roles.

Direct: +64(0)3 367 9077
Email: peter.cockrem@abley.com
Peter Cockrem

Peter Cockrem

Laura Bates

Graduate GIS Analyst
BSc (Geography/Geology)

Laura has experience working with the ESRI suite of software programs and utilizes GIS for both technical analysis and producing informative cartographic outputs. She also has experience undertaking and arranging traffic surveys including undertaking pedestrian activity surveys and parking surveys.

Direct: +64(0)3 367 9075
Mobile: 027 466 7640
Email: laura@abley.com
Laura Bates

Laura Bates

Nichola Blue

Office Administrator
BCom(Management)

Nichola is an experienced administrator and is very customer-focused, delivering fantastic internal support and process improvements. She has previously been employed in the banking and tertiary education sectors.

Direct: +64(0)3 367 9006

Email: nichola@abley.com

Nichola Blue

Nichola Blue

Anna Wright

Financial Administrator
BA BCom ACA

Anna has experience providing financial information to the team for the delivery of high quality client outcomes.

Direct: +64(0)3 367 9072

Email: anna@abley.com

Anna Wright

Anna Wright