User:Tkerby

Hi! I'm Tim Kerby. I’m based in Edinburgh, Scotland and work across systems engineering, systems thinking, and technology strategy.

In my professional life I am:

• a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor at Heriot-Watt University
• a Visiting Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Edinburgh
• CEO of Edinburgh Systems (a systems engineering and systems thinking consultancy)
• a Science and Technology Fellow with the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

I am interested contributing to topics related to:

• Systems engineering
• Systems thinking
• Complex systems
• Safety engineering
• Verification and validation
• Requirements engineering
• Human factors
• Engineering management
• Technology policy and innovation systems
• UK and Scottish infrastructure / R&I ecosystems (where encyclopaedic sourcing allows)
• Notable people and organisations in the field

I’m especially keen on improving:

• clarity and structure of technical articles
• sourcing and citations (especially to high-quality standards and peer-reviewed sources)

When editing, I aim to:

• write in a clear, plain-English style
• improve citations and remove unsourced claims
• avoid conflicts of interest and follow Wikipedia norms
• add diagrams/tables where they genuinely improve comprehension

Given my work across academia, consultancy, and government, I may have a potential conflict of interest on some topics. I aim to follow Wikipedia’s guidance on conflicts of interest (see WP:COI).

In particular:

• I will generally avoid directly editing pages about myself, my organisation(s), or projects I am directly involved in.
• Where relevant, I will propose changes via article talk pages using reliable independent sources.

I’m interested in contributing to:

• WikiProject Engineering
• WikiProject Technology
• WikiProject Scotland

• LinkedIn

If you’d like to discuss edits, please leave a message on my talk page.

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