Rebecca Teal-Ireland

Rebecca is a Principal Transportation Data Analysts in the Safe Systems team at Abley. She uses her experience in project management to understand client requirements and deliver data driven solutions to their transport and road safety requirements.

About Rebecca

Rebecca completed a BSc in Environmental Studies and Geography (Hydrology) at Victoria University in Wellington. 

She began her career at the Waikato Regional Council, working in the hydrology and coastal geomorphology team. Rebecca took flow measurements, mapped and surveyed rainfall and beach profiles, along with water quality field work. Following a move to Northland, Rebecca worked at the Northland Regional Council undertaking wetland and pest plant surveys and mapping. 

In Northland, Rebecca was offered a job at Opus (now WSP) working in the Asset Management team as a data analyst which involved a move to modelling and analysing road asset data instead of water data. Rebecca was at Opus for 12 years, working her way through RAMM asset management, pavement deterioration modelling, skid resistance analysis, and programming; and bringing GIS to the fore of all data-related projects. More recently at WSP Rebecca worked with local government and community trusts undertaking cycleway feasibility and business case projects. In 2019 Rebecca became the Team Leader of the Asset Management Data and Systems team in Whangarei, where she continued to grow her skills in data analysis and expand into project management and people leadership. 

Rebecca joined Abley in 2022 as a Principal Transportation Analyst before becoming the team leader for the safe systems team in 2024, she is passionate about using technology to assist clients in better understanding their problems and prioritizing solutions and options. Her focus continues to be project management, and transport-related analysis projects both in New Zealand and Australia. 

Rebecca is a proud mum of three and has recently begun to get back into Mountain biking. She is a recreational cycling advocate and was appointed to the Bike Northland Board in 2023. With her project management and GIS skills she is actively helping her community in the pursuit of connected recreational cycleways in Northland.