David Tomaney
Biography
As Chief Data Officer at the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), Dave Tomaney leads teams responsible for assuring, managing and assessing data, and creating products and services.
Working across the organisation, these teams ingest, analyse, collate and process terabytes of data – from bathymetric profiles depicting the seafloor, to astronomical data on the celestial objects above us – and generate the products and services that help our customers across commercial, defence and government to use our oceans in a safe and responsible way. Dave is responsible for helping transform how the UKHO generates products and services that provide a digital first, near real-time experience. He also leads specialists within the organisation to access geospatial data, develop and implement data governance and standards, and create a flexible and responsive data asset.
Dave’s career began in the RAF in 1983. Upon leaving he worked with the National Air Traffic Services before joining the UKHO in 2009.