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Lowri Beck is committed to delivering excellent service at realistic prices. For further information contact: lbenquiries@lowribeck.co.uk Subscriber of the week Martin Osborne, technical director, Mouchel What's your most treasured possession? A hand embroidered wall hanging that we bought in Crete. Where did you last go on holiday? Deer Shed music festival in North Yorkshire. In the Hollywood film of your life, who would play you? I'd like to be an Aardman character, so a lump of Plasticine. Tata Consultancy Services 4th Floor, 33 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7HY Tel: 020 7245 1800 www.tcs.com A part of the Tata Group, one of India's largest industrial conglomerates, TATA Consultancy Services is an IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organisation with operations in 42 countries and over 160,000 of the world's best-trained IT consultants. 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We offer MOP, MAP, Hosted and SaaS solutions. • methyst: An asset tracking and management solution that covers the A full economic life of both traditional and smart metering assets • mart roll-out optimiser, focusing on the critical areas of smart meter S installation planning, customer engagement and workforce utilisation • Assign, for browser-based, real-time mobile workforce scheduling • UMBO: MAM operations for electricity and gas while holding informaJ tion for all the metering systems managed by the host company. • AID: A software platform and revenue assurance methodology to enR able you to identify and fix revenue leakage in meter-to-cash processes. Martin solves wastewater strategy problems, and his Hollywood persona would be malleable What was your first job? Helping to design a concrete arch dam to be built in Saudi Arabia. I had no experience so it was an opportunity to learn. What are the best and worst parts of your job? The best is training young engineers at our Urban Drainage Academy. The worst is the occasional early morning start to get to a meeting at the far end of the country. What's your dream job and why? It would be hard to beat the one I've got. I work with motivated people on problems that our clients need solving. Reveal something about yourself not many people know. I once appeared in pantomime in front of royalty. What album is currently in your car CD player? I leave a memory stick playing my music in alphabetical order. It is on Rokia Traore, a singersongwriter from Mali. What's your favourite film and TV programme? TV show is Have I Got News For You. The last film I saw on a big screen was Songs from the Shipyards, about shipbuilding's decline in my native North East. What quote or saying do you most overuse? "And that is like what?" It is supposed to be the ultimate open question. My wife hates it. If you ruled the world, what would you do first? Seek help. DON'T MISS Water Industry Asset Management Conference The Water Bill: implementation, Sustainability Live 1-3 April 2014 challenges and opportunities 28 January 2014 Venue: Central London Venue: Birmingham Organiser: Faversham House The 2nd Water Industry Asset Management Conference is a must-attend event for asset professionals looking to increase efficiency and move towards a totex approach. 20 March 2014 Venue: Central London Organiser: The Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum with: Sonia Phippard, director of water and flood risk management, Defra; Andrew Beaver, director of strategy, Ofwat, and Richard Flint, chief executive, Yorkshire Water. 30 | 8th - 14th November 2013 | UTILITY WEEK Venue: NEC Birmingham Organiser: Faversham House The ultimate event for the sustainability in business sector returns in 2014 with an exciting new format, comprising three co-located and interlinked shows: Nemex, Iwex and Energy Recovery. Together they offer an opportunities for professionals from across the energy, water and energy recovery & reuse sectors.