John Hine - Chief Executive Officer

John Hine founded Computer Communications Systems Consulting (CompCom), which subsequently became one of the premier independent information technology consultancy firms in Europe. The company’s reputation is founded on the successful implementation of solutions for world-class companies that have included British Gas.

Here he provided the necessary conceptual thinking to meld a blend of complex technical, commercial, and business requirements to replace outdated infrastructure relying on proprietary legacy protocols with open IP architecture. The £26M project achieved complete success as a result of a carefully constructed blend of implementation by in-house and externally managed resources. Advice was also provided on change management and transitional risk by adopting best practice for the delivery of safety critical services, a very important background so far a railway telecom solutions are concerned.

As Managing Director of CompCom, John has led a quality management programme that has ensured continued accreditation to ISO9001 (formerly BS5750) quality management systems.

John started his career at Scicon, which at the time was the largest UK software consultancy company and time-sharing computer bureau. This was after a rigorous 7-year college education in physics, mathematics, and electronics with, what has now become, BT.

His experience covers the provision of consultancy services in the USA where he developed and managed communications and information technology systems that included funds transfer systems in the global banking sector and trading room systems for the bank’s dealers. For some time John was based in New York where he was responsible for the development of worldwide telecommunications systems of a major bank. This role included line management responsibility for staff and performance management.

Among core skills and experience are deliverables in successful procurement, management and the delivery of profitable commercial contracts. John has also demonstrated the ability to build-up and lead information technology groups in start-up situations.

John’s high level managerial and technical skills enable him to de-risk high risk projects.

In the current UK rail environment where strategic decisions covering significant expenditure on railway network projects (the FTN and GSM-R) are required, he has an invaluable ability to review project options and optimise value for money solutions to bring bottom line business benefit.

John has many personal interests that include motor sport, rugby and skiing and as Chief Executive Officer of Vitesse Rail Com he brings to the company networking skills at Boardroom level with the big UK IT and telecom service providers.