Dana Skelley
Dana Skelley OBE CCEng | |
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Employer | Skanska |
Danielle Skelley OBE CCEng, known as Dana, is Director of Strategy and Operational Excellence at Skanska. She is a trustee of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation. She was Director of Asset Management at Transport for London.
Early life and education
Skelley was born and raised in London.[1] She studied civil engineering at Kingston University, graduating in 1987.[2] She was the only woman in her class of 150 civil engineers.[2]
Career
Skelley is a Chartered Civil Engineer.[3] She became chartered whilst working on the refurbishment of heritage bridges.[4] She became more interested in the business side of engineering, and completed a Master of Business Administration at the University of Bradford.[4][5] She was appointed as Head of Consultancy Services at Wandsworth Council in 1989.[2] She joined Transport for London in 2000 as Principal Engineer for the City of London.[1] In 2006 she was promoted to Chief Engineer and became Head of the London-wide Road Network.[1] That year she was named Surveyor and Institution of Civil Engineers Municipals Engineer of the Year.[1] Skelley was made Director of Roads in 2008 and led a team of 500 engineers.[6] At Transport for London, Skelley was responsible for a £4 bn road modernisation plan, which included preparing the capital for the 2012 Summer Olympics, almost all of the Thames crossings and strengthening the Hammersmith flyover.[7] She led a team of 500 engineers.[8] She worked with FM Conway and Arizona Chemical to create environmentally friendly roads for London.[9] She partnered with Costain Group to refurbish the A40 road.[10] Skelley was a judge at the 2012 Institution of Engineering and Technology Young Woman Engineer of the Year award.[11]
Skelley is a champion for making efforts to engage young people with engineering.[12] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 New Year Honours, "For services to Transport in the UK".[7][13] She was included in the inaugural Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering in 2016.[14][15][16] In July 2017 Skelley joined Skanska.[17][18] In 2017 Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation announced that Skelley had been appointed to the board of trustees.[19] She appeared on their podcast celebrating International Women in Engineering Day.[20] She gave the Worshipful Company of Paviors annual lecture at Imperial College London in 2017.[21]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Matters, Transport for London | Every Journey. "Dana Skelley named Engineer of the Year". Transport for London. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- 1 2 3 "Top female engineer and champion of women in industry leads line-up of Kingston University alumni awarded New Year's Honours". www.kingston.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ↑ "Prestige Lecture and Presentation of the Karen Burt Award 2015 | Women's Engineering Society". www.wes.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- 1 2 "Advice for women in engineering: Be yourself, but be yourself very well - Dana Skelley, Director of Asset Management at Transport for London - Womanthology". Womanthology. 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ↑ "MBA Alumna, Dana Skelley, awarded an OBE - News - University of Bradford". www.brad.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ↑ "Skanska hires senior TfL director for strategy role". Construction News. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- 1 2 Matters, Transport for London | Every Journey. "TfL's Dana Skelley recognised with an OBE". Transport for London. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ↑ Developer, Pixl8. "Dana Skelley, Chair of UK Bridges Board receives OBE - News from the UK Roads Liaison Group". www.ukroadsliaisongroup.org. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ↑ "FM Conway Ltd | Case Studies". www.fmconway.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ↑ "Costain Wins Contract To Plan Refurbishment Of Vital London Transport Link - A40 Westway | Costain". www.costain.com. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ↑ "IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year 2012 Ceremony". 2012. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
- ↑ "Dana Skelley". www.bam.com. Koninklijke BAM Groep / Royal BAM Group. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ↑ "New Year's Honours 2016" (PDF). HM Government. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ↑ "50 Women in Engineering". Magnificent Women. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ↑ "Top 50 Women in Engineering". www.rs-online.com. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ↑ Lee, Rebecca. "CIHT Members Named in top 50 Women in Engineering". www.ciht.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ↑ "Decorated TfL director leaves for Skanska - The Transport Network". www.transport-network.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ↑ ACO Technologies plc (2018-03-13), Career Learnings from Dana Skelley - Skanska Civil Engineering, retrieved 2018-07-04
- ↑ Lee, Rebecca. "CIHT welcomes Dana Skelley to Board of Trustees". www.ciht.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ↑ Transport, CIHT podcasts -. "Women in Engineering 2017 - Dana Skelley OBE – CIHT podcasts - Transport – Podcast". Podtail. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- ↑ "42nd Annual Worshipful Company of Paviors Lecture by Dana Skelley OBE". Imperial College London. 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2018-06-03.