James Tomlinson

Principal Consultant

BSc (Hons), C.Eng, MBCS, CITP

James is a Principal Consultant with over 25 years' systems engineering experience across the rail, metro, aerospace, mining, and defence sectors in both internationally and in Australia.

An IBM-certified professional, James specialises in developing effective requirements management solutions across every phase of the project lifecycle, with a particular focus on systems integration, traceability, and assurance for acceptance on complex, safety-critical programs.

His technical expertise spans requirements management, requirements elicitation, systems integration, systems analysis and assurance, verification and validation, configuration and change management, and systems acceptance. He is highly proficient across a broad range of systems engineering tools — including IBM DOORS, DOORS Next Generation, IBM Rational Publishing Engine — and works to standards including ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288, ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148, and BS EN CENELEC 50126/50128/50129.

James was previously the Requirements Manager on Sydney Metro City and South West – a role he held for nearly nine years. In that time he authored the Business Requirements Specification, System Requirements Specification, and Scope and Performance Requirement Specifications. He coordinated 21 requirement owners to develop 175,000 contractual requirements across 26 major contracts and served as custodian of the requirements architecture and DOORS change control. He also led the final requirements assurance case for a successful TNAC Gate 5 submission in July 2024, directly enabling first passenger service in August 2024.

James has also held Requirements Manager roles on Sydney Metro West and Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport, and led requirements engineering deployments for Transport for New South Wales and Public Transport Victoria, where he authored the PTV Requirements Management Policy, Schema, and Manual.

James is passionate about systems engineering and working to ensure the successful delivery of highly complex and safety-critical systems. He works across all functional areas of the project and is highly skilled at managing the different needs of all project stakeholders.

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