New tech director’s career was inspired by school-age trip to the Bluebell
EXPERIENCED senior information technology leader Nigel Page has been appointed as the Bluebell Railway plc’s first IT director.
Currently a senior manager with Amazon Web Services, he attributes his IT career to an interest in electrical engineering that resulted from a school trip to the Bluebell’s Horsted Keynes station in 1975. He has been a member of the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society since returning from overseas several years ago.
He was also chairman of Cuckfield Parish Council for nine years, and said that he learned the importance of communities: “The Bluebell Railway has a place in that community and is at the heart of Mid-Sussex tourism.”
Plc chairman Geoff Mee said: “We are delighted Nigel is joining us and look forward to working with him on improving all aspects of the railway’s IT and digital systems. How we communicate with our staff, volunteers, customers, and the wider world will be crucial to our success in the next few years.
“We will always retain our status as a heritage railway, but we also have to make sure our systems keep up with modern technology.”