Team Member Profiles

Simon Bennetts

Simon is SmartCitizen's Managing Director, and has been involved in smartcard schemes since 2000 when he was the technical lead for the highly reputed Cornish Key and National Smart Card Projects. Simon is responsible for all works carried out by the company, including tender submissions, development works, support and maintenance contracts, and card fulfillment and production.

Sarah Bennetts

Sarah works as the Technical Director for the company and handles the majority of new customer smartcard projects. Sarah acts as Project Manager and Trainer for customers implementing the SmartConnect Card Management System, and as an experienced analyst provides guidance on how integration with 3rd party systems and databases can be achieved.

Jim Kennedy

Jim is SmartCitizen's Lead Developer with an outstanding background in development working in both the public and private sector.

Megan Pearce

Megan joined the company in November 2021 and works as SmartCitizen's Application Support Specialist, focussing on handling customer enquiries and providing first and second line support.

Matt Shaw (Consultant)

Matt works for SmartCitizen providing technical consultancy focussed primarily on ITSO projects, undertaking development as required.

Roy Cosway (Consultant)

Roy has over 35 years experience working in IT within Local Government and was the driving force behind the Cornish Key smart card project initiated in 2000. Roy was Corporate Services Director for Cornwall Council's IT department until May 2009 when he signed on to SmartCitizen's books to provide consultancy on a vast range of topics, including CIP, ITIL v3, EFQM (qualified assessor) and IIP.