Kit Wignall

Chair / Comms Connect Sydney

National Practice Lead, Communications Consulting / UXC Consulting

Kit Wignall is the national practice lead of the Telecommunications Business Services group in UXC Consulting. This group includes the areas of public safety communications, telecommunications industry advisory services and specialist radio services including frequency assigning and radio coverage modelling.

Kit has had extensive involvement in the area of specialist operational mobile communications systems used by public safety organisations and other specialist users. Kit has led consultancy teams carrying out needs analysis, strategic planning, business case development, procurement and implementation of technical advisory services. Kit has carried out major projects recently for the Queensland Government (Police and Department of Community Safety), Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority and Department of Justice (Victoria), NT Government, Australian Communications and Media Authority, and Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.

Kit has been a key advisor in the development of a number of major public safety systems in Australia including Melbourne MMR (P25 trunked), Melbourne MDN and SAGRN.