Atlas Staff Highlights Colin Gray which will start to virtually mirror elements of any business. It could be a platform of no defined Location: Salisbury, UK boundary from a business, manufacturing or Role: Senior Business Analyst process and data perspective. Started: December 2021 What non-Atlas piece of tech excites you most right now? What were you doing before you joined Atlas? The single most complex, risky, yet fundamentally My last role within ATS Global was Smart the most exciting technical object including all the Manufacturing Manager, looking after the projects supporting functions and staff would be the James and staff within the UK’s Manufacturing Operations Webb Telescope. Management (MOM) Team. We wanted to take the The fact that its potential outcomes are shared opportunity in these magazines What’s the most exciting part of your role? across a broad diverse community of like minded to shine a light on some of the and forward thinking people, with the aim of bright minds that make Atlas the The interaction and discussions with customers improving our world’s collective knowledge and bubbling cauldron of innovation to understand not only the way in which Atlas can understanding of a topic that far surpasses our that it is. be of benefit to them but to also understanding mere existence. their drivers and key issues within their domain. This allows me to influence the direction of This harmonisation of thought and discovery the development team and the potential future has become more unified and exciting by the roadmap of the product to ensure that the introduction of this “piece of tech”. enhancement of the product is supported by real world requirements. It’s the potential outcome of If you were going to make a signature Atlas these that drive me. cocktail, what ingredients would you include in it? What excites you most about Atlas, now and in 1 shot of learning, introduce and slowly mix a the future? reduction of preconception, shake with flexibility, allow to mature and grow by adding ideas, then It’s around the basic ease of use and flexibility, place on a map of possibility. and also the ongoing roadmap which are the most exciting elements. The enhancement of Whilst that’s going on, have a beer or two! user interfaces and the increasing maturity of Atlas Optimise will bring a more flexible platform ATLAS WORLD MAGAZINE SUMMER, 2022