About us

Our mission is to solve challenging water management problems through the application of technical excellence.

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What we do

We provide bespoke policy advice through to implementable solutions on leakage management, water resources planning, water conservation, demand forecasting, network and asset management.

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Our skills

We are a multi-disciplinary team with renowned experts in statistics, data science and the water industry. We bring a wide range of skills, knowledge, perspective, experience and personality to each project we undertake.

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How we work

We work by combining data science and water industry expertise to solve complex problems. We take time to understand what clients want to achieve. We follow a process to ensure that we deliver the required solution. We then provide and communicate the outputs in a clear and understandable way.

Vin Breen

Vin Breen

Senior Project Coordinator

Vin is a project professional supporting the project lifecycle across all stakeholders and keeping track of who is working on what, and ensuring that resources are planned and scheduled properly.

Tom Nelson

Tom Nelson

Data Scientist

Tom is a data scientist with a background including government statistics and physics. He enjoys using data science to manipulate, analyse and visualise complex data.

Shana Meeus

Shana Meeus

Director and Head of Delivery

Shana is a director of Artesia and our Principal Statistician. She applies a wide range of statistical modelling and analysis techniques to water sector challenges. Shana jointly heads up our extensive data science team.

Sarah Rogerson

Sarah Rogerson

Principal Data Strategist

Sarah combines a deep understanding of water demand with an insightful approach to data science. Sarah jointly heads up our extensive data science team.

Rob Lawson

Rob Lawson

Director and Head of Support

Rob is a director and co-owner of Artesia. He has 30 years’ experience in the technical delivery, management and direction of water resource planning, water efficiency and hydrology projects. His is the chair of the CIWEM Water Resources technical panel.

Lauryn Barnes

Lauryn Barnes

Junior Data Engineer

Lauryn is a recent graduate from the University of Bristol. Prior to starting at Artesia she was working as a Data Engineer, developing a simulation pipeline to model multi-rotor failure modes, including data processing, visualisation, and testing. She has experience with Python, and since joining has been focusing on expanding her programming and data processing skills.

Laura Watt

Laura Watt

Project Coordinator

Laura is a Project Coordinator and has previously come from a background of delivering projects within event management, giving her lots of hands-on experience working to tight deadlines and liaising with stakeholders to ensure project success! She is experienced in project management methodologies and applies these practices to ensure projects at Artesia can deliver the best outcomes possible.

Kayleigh Powell

Kayleigh Powell

Senior Project Coordinator

Kayleigh is our projects and resources manager. She performs the vital role of keeping track of who is working on what, and ensuring that resources are planned and scheduled properly.

Katie Butler

Katie Butler

Junior Data Scientist

Katie is a Junior Data Scientist with a background in Higher Education data analysis and building R packages and Shiny apps for a reinsurance company. Katie has a keen interest in broadening her data science skillset and sinking her teeth into the water industry.

Joe Cahill

Joe Cahill

Social Science Consultant

Joe is a Social Science Consultant, with a background in Geography and Sociology. He is experienced in applying social science concepts and mixed methods data to complex industry problems and is passionate about enhancing our understanding of how people use water in the home.

Jen Morgan

Jen Morgan

HR Coordinator

Jen is our HR Coordinator who is responsible for establishing and developing the HR function. She is CIPD qualified and has an extensive background of working with people. Jen has a keen interest in wellbeing, learning and development.

Jamie Urwin

Jamie Urwin

Data Engineer

Jamie is a data engineer with experience in a wide range of data platforms. Experienced in Python he has worked on a number of our projects in Azure Databricks and AWS.

Francesca Cecinati

Francesca Cecinati

Head of Strategy

Francesca is a data scientist with background in hydrology and spatial statistics. Her background in academia and work with European organisations allows her to provide a different perspective to some of the challenges that we solve.

Dene Marshallsay

Dene Marshallsay

Director

Dene is a founder, director and co-owner of Artesia. He is a leading expert in the management and analysis of water use and leakage and applies nearly 30-years of experience to the water management challenges we face today.

Dave Gough

Dave Gough

Water Demand Specialist

Dave is a water demand specialist at Artesia. He has an Economics degree from Swansea University and has over 14 years’ experience in the water industry. Dave is a specialist in all things water efficiency and has extensive experience delivering both non-domestic and domestic water efficiency projects.

Daniele Di Fiore

Daniele Di Fiore

Senior Data Scientist

Dan is a data scientist and programmer with a passion for data visualisation and Shiny Apps. He often takes a lead in operationalising our data analysis and modelling routines.

Cristina Munilla

Cristina Munilla

Senior Data Scientist

Cristina is a data scientist who has been a key part of our eVader development work and who has a track record in creating powerful, insightful statistical models that describe the relationships between water use and its drivers.

Becky Bayliss

Becky Bayliss

Finance and Office Administrator

Becky is our finance and office administrator, responsible for ensuring day to day financial and administration functions run like clockwork. Becky has an extensive background in office management and administration.

Basil Langham

Basil Langham

Data Scientist

Basil is a Consultant Data Scientist. He has a mathematics degree from the University of Cambridge from which he brings to the team a broad range of statistical and modelling skills.

Alan Spey

Alan Spey

Senior Consultant

Alan is an experienced and creative modeller who brings his insight as a practical water network specialist to metering, demand forecasting, fast logging and leakage analysis projects.

Aidan Gibbons

Data Scientist

Aidan is a data scientist with a background in Operational Research. He has played a key part in several successful data hacks and revels in huge data sets.

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